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Freshman Drawing: Lecture Courses.

11-12, T. Th. S.

600. Practical Geometry. [Thornton.]

This course presupposes good high-school training in plane and solid
geometry and in the rudiments of plane trigonometry. It embraces a
review and extension of the fundamental problems of plane geometry with
applications to the mensuration of rectilinear and curvilinear figures; an
elementary study of the conic sections and of the methods of constructing
these curves; the orthographic projection of polyhedra and of the three
round bodies in erect and oblique positions; sections of curved surfaces by
planes and intersections; the mensuration of solids and Simpson's rule;
the graphical solution of equations; and the theory and use of the Polar
Planimeter. (Fall.)

601. Machine Construction. [Hancock.]

A study of the hand and machine tools in the wood and machine shops
and of the testing machines in the laboratories, involving careful investigation
of their functions, construction, and operation; free-hand sketching
of machine parts; elementary problems in the computation of shafting,
belting, rope drives, toothed gears, etc. Illustrative and descriptive lectures
are given and a large number of questions and problems are assigned the
student to guide him in the study of each machine. (Winter.)

700. Plane Surveying. [Newcomb.]

Described under Civil Engineering. This course develops the theory
of the construction of the plans, profiles, and maps used in the course of
Topographical Drawing (652). (Spring.)