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Mechanical Laboratory 2. [McKergow and Instructors, 12-2.]

As in Mechanical Laboratory 1 the class is divided into squads
so small that each man receives the personal care of an instructor.
The Fall Term is given to an advanced course in the Strength of
Materials, the problems assigned being such as to call for some
elementary research work on the part of the student. The Winter
Term is devoted to a laboratory course in Hydraulic Measurements,
in which tests are made of pressure, buoyancy, efflux and pipe flow
with various practical applications. In the Spring Term a field
course is given in Hydrographic Surveying, including the measurements
of surface grades, cross-sections and velocities in river channels
and the determination of discharges, friction factors, and velocity
coefficients.