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Mechanics Laboratory. [Lapham.]

10-1, S.

553. Resistance of Materials.

Tensile tests of wires, rods, and bars; transverse tests of timber and
metals; torsional tests of rods and shafts; compressive tests of metals,
and of building stones and bricks; tensile and compressive tests of mortars
and cements. (Fall.)

554. Friction and Lubricants.

Sliding friction; journal friction; belt friction; viscosity and density
of lubricants; friction of machines. (Winter.)

555. Hydraulic Laboratory.

Efflux from orifices; discharge through weir notches; friction in pipes;
specific gravities of the materials of engineering; field exercises in stream
gauging. (Spring.)