654. Descriptive Geometry. [Thornton and Assistant.]
Spring.
The work of the course is the execution each week of a plate 15″ by
20″, the problems assigned being such as serve to illustrate the topics
discussed in the associated lecture-courses and develop power in the use
of graphical methods. Each student is required also to trace a certain
number of his plates, to make blue prints from his tracings, and to use
the planimeter for the mensuration of areas and volumes bounded by
curved lines and surfaces.
Shop Instruction is given for its educational value. The purpose of
this Department is to train engineers, not artisans; and the claims of
the shops are not permitted to infringe on the truly vital functions of the
laboratories, the drafting rooms, and the lectures.
