 | The University of Virginia record December 1, 1919 |  |
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING.
Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
President.
William Mynn Thornton, B.A., LL.D.
Dean.
| FRANCIS HENRY SMITH, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. | Emeritus Professor of Natural Philosophy |
| WILLIAM MYNN THORNTON, B.A., LL.D. | Professor of Applied Mathematics |
| FRANCIS PERRY DUNNINGTON, B.S., C.E., E.M. | Professor of Analytical and Industrial Chemistry (retired) |
| WILLIAM HOLDING ECHOLS, B.S., C.E. | Professor of Mathematics |
| JAMES MORRIS PAGE, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D. | Professor of Mathematics |
| THOMAS LEONARD WATSON, M.S., Ph.D. | Corcoran Professor of Geology |
| ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD, B.A., B.S., Ph.D. | Collegiate Professor of Chemistry |
| JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E. | Professor of Civil Engineering |
| CHARLES HANCOCK, B.S. | Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
| LLEWELLYN GRIFFITH HOXTON, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Physics |
| WALTER SHELDON RODMAN, S.M. | Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| GRAHAM EDGAR, B.S., Ph.D. | Professor of Chemistry |
| FISKE KIMBALL, M.Arch., Ph.D. | Professor of Art and Architecture |
| CARROLL MASON SPARROW, B.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Physics |
| HERMAN PATRICK JOHNSON, M.A., Ph.M. | Associate Professor of English Literature |
| GARDNER LLOYD CARTER, M.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| JOHN JENNINGS LUCK, M.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Mathematics |
| [1] JARED STOUT LAPHAM, M.E. | Adjunct Professor of Experimental Engineering |
| IRVING JONES SHEPHERD, M.E. | Adjunct Professor of Experimental Engineering |
| JOHN HOWE YOE, M.S. | Adjunct Professor of Chemistry |
| TIPTON RAY SNAVELY, M.A., Ph.D. | Adjunct Professor of Economics |
| Elmer Irving Carruthers | Economics |
| Charles Henderson | Mathematics |
| Stephen Philip Holt, E.M. | Geology |
| Charles Herbert Huffman, M.A. | English Literature |
| Ben Zion Linfield, B.S. | Mathematics |
| Crawford Patterson Livesay, M.E. | Mathematics |
| James Shannon Miller, Jr., B.A., B.S. | Physics |
| Henry Lewis Painter, B.A., M.E., E.E. | Mathematics |
| Judson Hall Robertson, M.S. | Chemistry |
| Percy Bruce Bass | Drawing |
| Edward Franklin Blake | Field-work |
| Lawrence Sinclair Cannon, B.S. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
| Nathaniel Dabney Chapman, B.S. | Chemistry |
| George Edward Clark | Shop and Field-work |
| Julian Harwood Coleman, B.A. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
| James O'Reilly Coleman | Drawing |
| Howell Bossieux Eskridge | Field-work |
| Henry Clark Forrest | Drawing |
| George Stewart Griffith | Field-work |
| Charles Trabue Hatcher | Physics |
| Edgar Henry Herrmann | Chemistry |
| Frederick Hoeke | Drawing |
| Winbourne Terry Jenkins | Chemistry |
| Richard Howell Kelly | Shop-work |
| Percy Coleman Kuhn | Field-work |
| Frank Dameron Leach | Field-work |
| Zeno LeTellier, Ch.E. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
| Stanislaw John Makielski | Art and Architecture |
| Harry Augustus Martin | Physics |
| Nicholas Ewing Oglesby, M.A. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
| Charles Orchard, Jr. | Chemistry |
| Benton Brooks Owen | Field-work |
| Arthur August Pegau, B.A. | Chemistry |
| John Miller Porter | Chemistry |
| James Beckwith Spratley | Drawing |
| Charles Brown Sullivan | Shop-work |
| William Orr Swann, B.S. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
| Charles Blair Tavenner | Chemistry |
| Gilbert Ivo Thurmond, B.S. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
| Ralph McCoy Trimble | Field-work |
| Ryland Morton Warren | Chemistry |
| Kenneth Sewell Wingfield | Drawing |
| Armistead Churchill Young, Jr., B.S. (Fellow) | Chemistry |
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
For admission to the Freshman Class in the Department of Engineering
the candidate must be at least sixteen years old. He must present a
certificate of honorable withdrawal from the school last attended, or other
valid proof of general good character. He must further satisfy the Dean of
the University as to his adequate preparation for the work by passing the
Entrance Examinations specified below or by the presentation of equivalent
certificates of preparation signed by the president of a recognized institution
of collegiate rank, or by the principal of an accredited high school.
The topics required for entrance and their values in units are as follows,
the unit being one year's work on the subject in an accredited high school:
| English A.—Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | 1 |
| English B.—Composition and Rhetoric | 1 |
| English C.—Critical Study of Specimens of Literature | 1 |
| Mathematics A1.—Algebra to Quadratics | 1 |
| Mathematics A2.—Quadratics, Progressions, Binomial Formula | 1 |
| Mathematics B.—Plane Geometry | 1 |
| Mathematics C.—Solid Geometry | ½ |
| Mathematics D.—Plane Trigonometry | ½ |
| History.—Ancient; Mediæval; English; American (any one) | 1 |
| Electives | 7 |
| Total | 15 |
High school students who expect to study Engineering are advised to
include among their electives Physical Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical
Drawing, and Shop-work (valued at one unit each). Other electives
which may be offered are History of English and American Literature
(1 unit), History (4 units), Latin (4 units), Greek (3 units), German (4
units), French (4 units), Spanish (4 units), Botany (half unit), Zoölogy
(half unit).
A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned Student in spite of some
deficiencies, provided these are not such as will impair the integrity of his
work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects actually
taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on
more than two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the
removal of entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the
work credited for any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English
A or B or in Mathematics A1, A2, or B.
A candidate may be admitted as a Special Student, without formal examination,
provided he is more than twenty years old, and gives evidence
of serious purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the courses for
which he is registered. No special student may be a candidate for any degree.
No conditioned student may register later as a special student.
PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
The candidate who has satisfied the requirements for entrance as above
defined is matriculated as a student of Engineering and admitted to the
Freshman Class. The studies of this class comprise lecture courses in English,
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Chemistry with associated
laboratory courses in Chemistry, Drawing, Shop-work and Field-work.
For advancement to the Sophomore Class the student must have completed
at least two-thirds of his Freshman work. Upon entering this class
he elects his specialty. The courses thereafter diverge according as the
student is an applicant for a degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical,
or Mining Engineering. Programs of study for each degree are given
below.
The courses are so ordered that the specified entrance requirements are
adequate for the work of the Freshman Year. Each succeeding year presupposes
the completion of the work for all the foregoing years. Students
are advised to adhere strictly to the regular programs. The arrangements
specified in them have been carefully planned and are the best. Departures
from the curriculum will in almost every case produce conflicts in lecture
hours or laboratory periods and may cost the student a year's time. Haphazard
election is discouraged and in extreme cases will be prohibited. No
student will be registered for a course unless, in the opinion both of the
Dean and of the professor, his preliminary training has fitted him for the
profitable pursuit of that course.
Students are especially advised against the attempt to crowd too many
studies into their scheme of work, and are warned that admission to advanced
courses will be granted only to those who have adequate mathematical
and scientific training to profit by them. Men overloaded with
work, too great in volume or in difficulty for their powers, suffer inevitable
discouragement and incur almost certain failure.
Changes of classes with transfer of fees may be made, subject to the approval
of the Dean, within two weeks after the beginning of any term.
Thereafter such changes may be made only by special order of the faculty,
and then without transfer of fees.
Upon the completion of the four years' course as defined in any one
of the Programs of Study, the faculty will award to any student in regular
and honorable standing the appropriate degree of Civil Engineer, Mechanical
Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Chemical Engineer, or Mining Engineer.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
The Subjects of Instruction in Engineering are grouped into classes,
each designated by a distinctive number for each term, the lecture and
laboratory courses being likewise differentiated. This grouping follows the
arrangement shown below:
| Business Administration | 1 to 99 |
| Mathematics | 100 to 199 |
| Physics | 200 to 299 |
| Chemistry | 300 to 399 |
| Geology and Mining | 400 to 499 |
| Applied Mathematics | 500 to 599 |
| Experimental Engineering | 600 to 699 |
| Civil Engineering including Field-work | 700 to 799 |
| Mechanical Engineering including Shop-work | 800 to 899 |
| Electrical Engineering | 900 to 999 |
Lecture courses are listed in the first fifty numbers of all classes; laboratory
or practice courses are listed in the second fifty numbers of all
classes. The same numbers are used in schedules of lecture hours, laboratory
periods and examination days.
The last pages of this announcement are devoted to a description of
the courses in Art and Architecture now offered. There will be found the
requirements for admission, the statement of requirements for a degree in
Architecture and description of building and equipment available for instruction
in the McIntire School of Fine Arts.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
1-2-3. English Literature. [Johnson and Instructor.]
12-1, M. W. F.
First and second terms: Advanced composition with parallel reading,
with particular attention to Description, Exposition, and Argument.
Third term: Survey of English literature with composition and parallel
reading, with particular attention to scientific writings. (Fall, Winter,
Spring.)
10-11-12. Economics. [Snavely.]
9-10, M. W. F.
First and second terms: Survey of the principles of economics. Third
term: The bearing of these principles upon present American conditions.
Instruction will be given by lectures, assigned readings, reports, and discussions.
(Fall, Winter, Spring.)
20. Accounting and Cost Accounting. [Carruthers.]
8-9, M. W. F.
A short course dealing with the technique and science of accounting,
the nature and classification of accounts, the principle of debit and credit,
property accounts, loss and gain accounts, inventories, adjustments, statements,
etc.; the elements of costs with the principles and general methods
of cost finding, compiling of cost data, etc. (Fall.)
25. Contracts and Specifications. [Newcomb.]
9-10, M. W. F.
This course will concern itself with a brief consideration of the business
law essential for Engineers followed by a discussion of the personal
and ethical relations of the Engineer to his employer, the contractor and
the public. General consideration will be given to contracts and specifications
followed by a study of selected examples. The course will conclude
with a more detailed study of specifications for fundamental processes,
machinery and apparatus. The students will be required to prepare
specialized studies. (Winter.)
30. Engineering Economics. [Rodman.]
9-10, M. W F.
Lectures and parallel reading on the economic considerations involved
in engineering problems. Special emphasis is placed upon the general
problems of economic selection of methods, machinery and apparatus in
the several engineering fields. Questions of first cost, depreciation, rates
for service, etc., will be treated. (Spring.)
35. Safety Engineering. [Shepherd.]
11-12, T. Th. S.
Lectures and parallel reading from reference texts and the "Safe Practices"
pamphlets of the National Safety Council. The laboratory period
and part of the preparation time will be devoted to inspection of the Department
Shops and University Power Plant, and design of safety appliances
where they are found necessary. (Spring.)
MATHEMATICS.
100. Trigonometry. [Luck and Instructors.]
8-9, T. Th. S.
A complete course in plane trigonometry is pursued with constant
drill in the solution of problems, and exercises in the use of logarithms.
(Fall.)
106. Analytical Geometry and College Algebra. [Luck and Instructors.]
8-9, T. Th. S.
In this course Cartesian and polar coördinates are presented and applied
to the study of the straight line and the circle. The related college
algebra topics of determinants, the function notion with especial reference
to the linear function, the graphical representation of equations and of
functions are also considered. (Winter.)
107. Analytical Geometry and College Algebra. [Luck and Instructors.]
8-9, T. Th. S.
This course is a continuation of course 106. The conic is studied in
its particular and general forms. Especial attention is given to the solution
of numerous loci problems by the use of Cartesian and polar coördinates.
The study of related college algebra topics is continued. The
quadratic function of one and two variables, the theory of the quadratic
equation in particular and of equations in general are some of the topics
considered. (Spring.)
108-109-110. Calculus. [Echols.]
11-12, M. W. F. or T. Th. S.
A first course in the differential and integral calculus. This includes
a study of series and partial fractions. The principal emphasis is upon
the applications of the subject to geometry, elementary kinematics and
mechanical problems. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
PHYSICS.
200-201-202. Sophomore Physics. [Hoxton.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
The elements of mechanics, heat, electricity and magnetism, and
with experimental demonstrations. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
250-251-252. Physics Laboratory. [Sparrow and Assistants.]
9-11, M. W. F.
This course accompanies 200-1-2. Emphasis is laid upon fundamental
principles and the phenomena which underlie engineering problems.
Written reports of laboratory work are required. Problem work and oral
recitation on Friday. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
CHEMISTRY.
300-301-302. General Chemistry. [Carter and Assistants.]
9-10, T. Th. S.
350-351-352. Chemistry Laboratory.
10-12, T. Th. S.
The fundamental principles and phenomena of inorganic, organic, and
physical chemistry, and the foundations of analytical chemistry. Most of
the time is devoted to inorganic phenomena. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
303-304-305. Physical Chemistry. [Edgar.]
12-1, M. W. F.
353-354-355. Physical Chemistry Laboratory.
10-12, M. W. F.
Chemistry 300-1-2 and 315-16-17 prerequisite.
Some knowledge of the calculus is required and previous training in
Physics is desirable. This course treats of such topics as the gas laws,
kinetic theory of gases, the properties of dilute solutions, molecular
weights, mass action, reaction velocities, electrolysis and electromotive
force, the phase rule, etc. Emphasis is placed upon the application of
physico-chemical laws in the solution of chemical problems. The laboratory
work consists of a course in physico-chemical measurements. Lecture
and Recitation 3 hours per week, 6 hours laboratory. (Fall, Winter,
Spring.)
309-310-311. Organic Chemistry. [Bird and Assistants.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
359-360-361. Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
2-5, T. Th.
Chemistry 300-1-2 prerequisite.
An introduction to the study of the compounds of carbon, including
the application of modern chemical theory to such compounds and their
reactions. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
312-313-314. Advanced Organic Chemistry. [Bird.]
2-3, M. W. F.
362-363-364. Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
9 hours per week.
Chemistry 309-10-11 and 303-4-5 prerequisite.
The lectures deal with selected topics in organic chemistry. Reading
from the scientific journals, advanced texts, and the history of Chemistry
will be assigned. The laboratory work involves a study of typical problems,
designed to teach methods of investigation which are widely applicable.
(Fall, Winter, Spring.)
315-316-317. Qualitative Analysis. [Yoe and Assistants.]
9-10, T. Th. S.
365-366-367. Qualitative Analysis Laboratory.
2-5, M. W. or 2-5, T. Th.
Chemistry 300-1-2 prerequisite.
The first two terms will be devoted to the study of systematic qualitative
analysis. In the lectures and recitation work special emphasis will
be given to the theoretical foundations of analytical chemistry. (Fall,
Winter, Spring.)
318-319-320. Quantitative Analysis. [Yoe and Assistants.]
Lectures by appointment.
368-369-370. Quantitative Analysis Laboratory.
2-5, M. W. F.
Chemistry 315-16-17 prerequisite.
A thorough course in quantitative analysis including some work in
technical methods of analysis as well as the fundamental procedures of
gravimetric and volumetric analysis. One to two hours of lecture and
recitation a week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
340-341-342. Applied Chemistry. [Edgar.]
11-12, T. Th. S.
Chemistry 309-10-11 and 303-4-5 prerequisite.
The lectures and recitations in this course will be devoted to the study
of fundamental principles underlying the more important phases of industrial
chemistry, including both theoretical and economic problems. A considerable
amount of reading in descriptive industrial chemistry will be assigned,
and written reports upon special subjects will be required. Lectures
and Recitations 3 hours a week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
386-387-388. Advanced Chemical Laboratory. [Edgar.]
Hours by appointment.
This laboratory course of six hours per week in Fall and Winter and
three hours per week in Spring is designed particularly to fit the student
for research and the work consists largely of special problems assigned
individually. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
Advanced Courses: Seminars will be offered in the different branches
of Chemistry to students applying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
The courses will be offered only as occasion demands, and the subjects
treated will vary. These courses will be designated as "D" courses,
but owing to the flexibility which it is desired to secure in the subject
matter, no definite statement of them will be made except that special
phases of Physical, Inorganic, and Analytical chemistry will be treated,
including such subjects as radio-chemistry, the chemistry of the rare
elements, colloid and surface chemistry, etc. Research work looking toward
a thesis will accompany these courses.
The Chemical Journal Club will meet once a week (hour to be arranged)
for the critical review and discussion of various topics of interest
in current chemical literature and of such chemical researches as are
in progress in the University. All members of the teaching staff and advanced
students in chemistry are expected to participate in these meetings
and to take part in the discussions.
Fellowships: The University announces the establishment of five
Teaching Fellowships in Chemistry, each with an honorarium of $500.
These fellowships present the opportunity for graduate study and research
Holders of the fellowships will be expected to devote not more than fifteen
hours a week to instruction, leaving ample time for research and work
toward the graduate degree. The fellowships are open to men who have
received a bachelor's degree from a college or university of recognized
standing, and who have received thorough undergraduate training in
chemistry and physics.
GEOLOGY AND MINING.
400-401-402. Engineering Geology. [Watson and Holt.]
10-11, M. T. W.
450-451-452. Field and Laboratory.
6 hours a week.
A course of three lectures a week and three hours for private study.
Special emphasis is given to the study of common rock-forming minerals
and rocks, building stones and ores. The divisions of dynamical, structural
and physiographical geology are covered in considerable detail, and the
practical applications of the topics treated to engineering work are pointed
out. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
403-404-405. Economic Geology. [Watson.]
11-12, M. T. W.
453-454-455. Field and Laboratory.
6 hours a week.
This course is designed to give a general but comprehensive account of
the origin, nature, distribution and uses of the metallic and non-metallic
products of the earth with especial reference to those of the United States.
Lectures and collateral reading six hours a week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
406-407-408. Petrography. [Watson and Holt.]
12-1, M. T. W.
456-457-458. Laboratory.
6 hours a week.
This course aims to give a full knowledge of the determination of the
common rock-forming minerals and rocks in thin sections under the microscope.
It includes discussion of the microscopic structure, mineralogical
composition, genetic relations, and distribution of igneous, sedimentary, and
metamorphic rocks. Lectures and preparation to the amount of six hours
per week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
420-421-422. Mining. [Thornton.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Mine surveying, exploitation of mines, mining machinery and the uses
of electricity in mining. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
521. Plane Surveying. [Newcomb and Assistants.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lecture course: Theory, uses, and adjustments of compass, level,
transit, and stadia. Special methods of land, city, topographic and mining
surveys. Survey computation and maps. (Fall or Spring.)
571. Field course: Practical use of chain and tape, level, compass,
transit, and stadia. Field notes, records and reports. 6 hours a week.
522. Mechanical Drawing. [Thornton and Assistants.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lecture course: Plane problems, conic sections, graphic algebra.
plane sections and intersections of solid bodies. (Fall or Winter.)
572. Practice course: each week the student executes a finished plate
15″ × 20″ of exercises in mechanical drawing based on the lectures. 6
hours a week.
523. Descriptive Geometry. [Thornton and Assistants.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lecture course: Fundamental problems on the point, line, and plane.
Projections, tangencies, and intersections of curved surfaces. Applications
to shades and shadows, problems in mining, and so on. (Winter or
Spring.)
573. Practice course: each student executes a weekly plate 15″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.
524. Graphical Statics. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-1, M. W. F.
Lecture course: Graphic composition and resolution of forces; centers
of gravity and moments of inertia; strain sheets for simple types of roof
and bridge trusses; beams under fixed and rolling loads; reservoir dams
and retaining walls; internal stresses and beam deflections.
574. Practice course: each student executes a weekly plate 15″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.
525. Structural Drawing. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-1, M. W. F.
Lecture course. Graphic analysis of steel and timber trusses for roofs
and bridges; of solid beams and plate girder bridges; and of reinforced concrete
slabs, girders, columns, and retaining walls.
575. Practice course: Design and detailed drawings of simple examples
of roofs and bridges, with complete computations for each structure.
6 hours a week.
526. Elementary Mechanics. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-1, M. W. F.
Lecture course. Composition and resolution of forces; friction; problems
in equilibrium; rectilinear motion, circular motion, projectile motion.
576. Practice course: Solution of weekly problems in mechanics by
graphical and analytical methods. 6 hours a week.
527. Applied Mechanics. [Thornton.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Review of elementary mechanics; dynamics of a particle; moments of
inertia; revolving bodies; rolling bodies; theory of work and energy;
collision of elastic solids; dynamics of the Steam Engine.
Weekly problems are assigned for solution by graphical and analytical
methods. (Fall.)
528. Strength of Materials. [Thornton.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Fundamental laws of stress and strain; straining actions and stresses
in ties and struts, beams and shafts, reinforced concrete slabs and girders;
deflections in simple, restrained and continuous girders; columns under
axial and eccentric loads. Laboratory course, 660. (Winter.)
529. Hydraulics. [Thornton.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Equilibrium of fluids, applied to the analysis and design of thin and
thick shells and pipes, dams and weirs: Motion of fluids and discharges
from orifices, weir notches, pipes, canals, and rivers. Principles of linear
and angular momentum with applications to the analysis and design of hydraulic
motors and pumps. Laboratory course, 680. (Spring.)
Laboratory studies in Strength of Materials and Hydraulics are given
in the Classes in Experimental Engineering.
EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING.
The courses are principally conducted in the laboratories, but lectures
are given to explain the manufacture of materials, the design and operation
of equipment, methods of testing, and the reasonable interpretation
of the results.
650. Road Materials Testing. [Shepherd.]
6 hours a week.
Samples of stone are tested for specific gravity, absorption, cementing
value, toughness, resistance to abrasion, and compressive strength.
Asphalts and tars for specific gravity, penetration, melting point, volatilization,
viscosity, fixed carbon, etc. (Spring.)
660. Structural Materials Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
Standard tests for Portland cement; tests of fine and coarse aggregates;
proportioning of concrete by sieve analysis and Fuller's curve;
compression tests of cement, mortar, and concrete; tension, compression,
and torsion tests of metals; transverse tests of timber and cast iron; autographic
testing. The Standards of the American Society for Testing
Materials are used as a guide and reference. (Winter.)
661. Structural Materials Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
This course is similar to 660 but is arranged to cover part of the
work in a shorter time. (For Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.)
(Winter.)
670. Fuel and Oil Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
Standard methods for sampling coal; determination of the heating
value of coal by the bomb calorimeter, with a study of the cooling correction;
proximate analysis of coal; the heating value of gas by the Junker
calorimeter; determination of viscosity, flash point, chill point, and
specific gravity of oils; the coefficient of friction for lubricants. (Fall.)
671. Fuel and Oil Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
This course includes the tests for oil given in 670 and a brief study
of coal testing. (For Civil Engineers.) (Fall.)
680. Hydraulic Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
The measurement of the flow of water by standard orifices and weir
notches; calibration of a piston meter; tests of the Venturi meter; determination
of the coefficient of friction for pipe and pipe elbows; economy
and capacity tests of pumps. (Spring.)
690. Power Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
The calibration and adjustment of gauges; calibration of thermometers,
planimeters, and indicators; valve setting; determination of clearances;
flue gas analysis; steam quality tests; mechanical and thermal efficiency
tests of a steam engine; tests of a gasoline engine; test of the University
Power Plant boilers. (Fall.)
691. Power Testing. [Shepherd.]
5 hours a week.
This course is a continuation of 690. Complete test of a steam engine;
guarantee test of a steam turbine with method for correcting to
standard conditions; turbine tests; tests of an air compressor; tests of a
centrifugal blower. The Power Test Code of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers is used throughout. (Winter.)
Engineering Reports.
Instruction is given in the arrangement of material, its presentation by
tables and curves, and in computing with the slide rule and by logarithms.
Preliminary reports are required for each separate test. The final report
covers a series of tests corresponding to the usual commercial or research
investigation, and must meet the standards of professional practice.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
701. Curves and Earthwork. [Newcomb.]
10-11, T. Th S.
Lectures on simple, compound, transition and vertical curves; the form
of excavations and embankments, earthwork surveys, computation of volumes,
formation of embankments, computation of haul, cost of earthwork,
blasting. Practical exercises in map drawing and topography. (Fall.)
702. Railroad Engineering. [Newcomb.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Lectures on reconnoissance and preliminary surveys, office location,
field location; the construction, maintenance and operation of railroads.
Special attention is given to questions of railway economics. (Fall.)
703. Roads; Streets; Street Railways. [Newcomb.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Lectures on the principles of road location; the construction and maintenance
of earth roads, broken stone roads, gravel roads; the pavements
for city streets and sidewalks; the location and construction of street railways.
(Spring.)
705. Bridges. [Newcomb.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures on the design and construction of standard types of steel and
timber bridges. (Winter.)
707. Waterworks and Sewers. [Newcomb.]
12-1, M. W. F.
Lectures on the quality, sources, collection, conveyance, purification,
and distribution of city water supplies; the laws of flow in pipe lines and
aqueducts; the drainage of houses and streets; the collection and conveyance
of sewage; the disposal of sewage; the construction and maintenance
of works. Practical exercises in the design of pipe lines and sewers.
(Spring.)
714. Materials of Construction. [Newcomb.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
A descriptive study of the materials used in engineering structures, together
with their characteristics and proper preparation. Lectures on the
design and construction of foundations for bridges and buildings. (Winter.)
718. Masonry Structures. [Newcomb.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures on the theory of reinforced concrete; the design and construction
of selected types of masonry structures. Practical exercises in design,
together with structural drawing. (Spring.)
PRACTICE COURSES.
751. Railroad Surveying. [Newcomb and Assistants.]
9 hours a week.
This course supplements 701, Curves and Earthwork. The class is divided
into squads, each squad making complete surveys, maps, profiles, and
estimates for a mile of located line. (Fall.)
755. Bridge Drafting. [Newcomb.]
12 hours a week.
This course accompanies 705, Bridges. Each student is required to
make complete design and detail drawings of one plate girder and one selected
type of bridge truss. (Winter.)
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
800. Elementary Steam Engineering. [Hancock.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
A study of commercial fuels and their uses in the production of power;
of the properties of steam and the methods of measuring pressure, temperature
and humidity; of the design and construction of steam boilers, furnaces,
chimneys, superheaters, economizers, feed-water heaters, condensers,
steam engines, steam turbines, pumps and injectors. Weekly problems
for private solution. (Fall.)
801. Steam Power Plants. [Hancock.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
The economic design and operation of steam power plants. The subject
is treated in lectures with assigned reading. Each student is expected
to produce during the term a complete design of a plant to satisfy assumed
conditions. (Winter.)
802. Machine Design. [Hancock.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Straining actions in machine elements; friction and lubrication; riveted
fastenings, screws and screw fastenings; keys, cotters, and forced fits;
axles, shafting and couplings, journals and bearings; belt and rope transmissions;
toothed gearing. Weekly problems for private solution. (Spring.)
803. Internal Combustion Engines. [Hancock.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
A study of the thermal problems of internal combustion engines, gas
producers, air compressors and motors and hot air engines. Weekly exercises
and problems, a part only required of Electrical students. (Fall.)
804. Steam Engines and Steam Turbines. [Hancock.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
A study of the thermal problems of steam engines, steam turbines and
of Electrical students. (Winter.)
805. Engine Design. [Hancock.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
A study of the mechanical problems involved in the design of machines
discussed in the two previous courses; inertia effects, stresses, strength of
parts, balancing, governing, etc. Weekly exercises and problems. (Spring.)
806. Kinematics of Machines. [Hancock.]
10-11, M. W. F.
A study of the applications of plane, spheric and screw motions in machines.
The course is principally devoted to valve gears, straight line motions,
cams, toothed wheels, and screw gears. Graphic methods are employed
and the work is almost wholly on the drawing board. (Fall.)
809. Automobile Construction. [Hancock.]
10-11, M. W. F.
A study of the engine, including details of construction, ignition, combustion
and balancing; of the transmission, running gear and control; of
electric starting and lighting systems. The course is conducted by lectures,
with assigned reading and shop-work in taking down, reassembling and
testing automobiles. See Course 859 below for the practice. (Spring.)
859. Automobile Laboratory. [Hancock and Assistant.]
6 hours a week.
This course supplements 809, and is devoted to the testing and work
upon automobiles. (Spring.)
SHOP-WORK.
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 more vital functions of the laboratories,
the drafting rooms, and the lectures.
Courses 860, 861 are required of all students of engineering; 862, 863,
864 of mechanical engineering students only.
860. Wood Shop. [Hancock and Assistants.]
3 hours a week.
Bench exercises in sawing, planing, boring, chiseling, tool sharpening.
Lathe exercises in turning between centers and on a face plate.
Machine-tool exercises in the production of useful articles. (Fall or
Winter or Spring.)
861. Machine Shop. [Hancock and Assistants.]
3 hours a week.
Bench exercises in chipping and filing.
Engine-lathe exercises in turning, boring, and thread cutting.
Machine-tool exercises in drilling, planing, shaping, and milling. (Fall
or Winter or Spring.)
862-863-864. Forge, Foundry, Pattern and Tool-Making.
[Hancock and Assistants.]
6 hours a week.
Exercises in forging iron and steel; forging and tempering center
punches, cold chisels, lathe and planer tools. Simple solid and split pattern
and core boxes; core making, moulding and casting. Exercises in
work. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
900. Elements of Electrical Engineering. [Rodman.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures treating fundamental principles of Electrical Engineering;
basic ideas and fundamental units discussed; magnetic circuits and continuous
electric currents treated in detail; electromagnetism carefully studied.
Special attention is given to the physical conceptions involved, and numerous
assigned problems exemplify and broaden the theoretical discussions.
3 hours per week of supervised problem work. (Fall.)
901. Direct Current Machines. [Rodman.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures on the theory, construction, characteristics, and operation of
direct current generators and motors and the accessory apparatus required
for the proper management and control of these machines. The principles
of testing such machines are carefully discussed. Problems illustrating the
methods of calculation involved in continuous current circuits and practical
examples from standard engineering practice form an important part of the
work. 3 hours per week of supervised problem work. (Winter.)
902. Periodic Currents. [Rodman.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures on electrostatic phenomena, variable currents, alternating currents,
and alternating current circuits, both single and polyphase. A careful
study is made of circuits with periodic currents and their characteristics
when resistance, inductive reactance and capacity reactance are present in
their various combinations. Extensive problem work is required to facilitate
the treatment of simple and complex circuits. 3 hours per week of
supervised problem work. (Spring.)
903. Alternating Current Machinery. [Rodman.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
Lectures on the theory, construction, characteristics, and operation of
alternating current generators, synchronous motors, rotary converters, and
transformers. These machines are considered as units and as integral parts
of electrical systems. The principles of testing such apparatus under various
conditions of loading are discussed, and assigned problem work illustrates
the theory and practice. 3 hours per week of supervised problem
work. (Fall.)
904. Alternating Current Machinery. [Rodman.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
This course is a continuation of 903. The lectures treat more particularly
alternating current motors, induction, series and repulsion types, with
their characteristics and control apparatus. Methods of testing are outlined
and graphical methods of calculation and predetermination of operating
characteristics are discussed. Problems taken from engineering practice
serve to broaden and fix the theoretical deductions. 3 hours per week
of supervised problem work. (Winter.)
905. Electric Power Transmission. [Rodman.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lectures on systems of transmission and distribution, with a detailed
equipment of stations and sub-stations, including generating apparatus,
switchboards, control systems and protective devices; systems of transformation
and the economic considerations which influence the design of
the complete electrical system. (Spring.)
906. Illumination and Photometry. [Rodman.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lectures on light, its physical properties; illuminants and their characteristics;
shades and reflectors; photometry, standards and apparatus; illumination
calculations for point and surface sources; principles of interior,
exterior, decorative, and scenic illumination. Problems illustrating computations
necessary for the consideration of the Illuminating Engineer are
assigned. (Fall.)
907. Electric Traction. [Rodman.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lectures on the various types of electric motors for traction purposes,
controllers and systems of control, brakes, rolling stock, track, train performance,
and electric railway economics. A discussion with problems of
the complete electrification system for electric railways, including generating
apparatus, transmission, sub-stations and equipment, distribution, and
utilization of electrical energy for car propulsion. (Winter.)
910. Direct Current Systems. [Rodman.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures dealing with the fundamentals of electrical circuits and direct
current machinery. Problem work accompanies the lectures. The course
is essentially for the non-electrical engineering students. (Fall.)
911. Alternating Current Systems. [Rodman.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures covering the fundamentals of alternating current circuits and
machinery. Brief expositions of the subjects of electric lighting and power
fundamentals. For non-electrical engineering students. (Winter.)
912. Electrical Equipment. [Rodman.]
10-11, T. Th. S.
Lectures and computations dealing with the choice, arrangement, and
systems of wiring and control governing the approved methods of installation
of electrical equipment for industrial uses. For non-electrical engineering
students. (Spring.)
915. Alternating Current Machinery. [Rodman.]
12-1, T. Th. S.
This course is a continuation of 903-4. A more detailed study of the
operating characteristics of alternating current machinery is taken up particularly
treating the machines from the standpoint of design. Problems
are solved to clarify the theory. 3 hours of supervised problem work per
week. (Spring.)
LABORATORY COURSES.
950-951-952. Direct Current Laboratory. [Rodman.]
4 hours a week.
This course supplements 900-1. The laboratory work is devoted to a
study of electrical instruments, their use and manipulation; simple electrical
of generators and motors. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
953-954-965. Alternating Current Laboratory. [Rodman.]
4 hours a week.
This course supplements 902-3-4-15, dealing with measuring instruments
for alternating current circuits; series and parallel circuits and their
characteristics; polyphase circuits, balanced and unbalanced; and alternating
current generator, motor and transformer characteristics. (Fall,
Winter, Spring.)
956. Photometric Laboratory. [Rodman.]
3 hours a week.
This course accompanies 906. Photometric tests are made upon different
types of incandescent lamps. The operating characteristics of incandescent
and arc lamps are studied. Tests of illumination, interior and exterior,
are carried out. Study of photometric standards and devices.
(Fall.)
959. Electrical Laboratory. [Rodman.]
3 hours a week.
This course deals particularly with the more precise electrical measurements
and the manipulation of instruments of precision used in the
higher grade of electrical testing and standardization. (Spring.)
960-961-962. Electrical Laboratory. [Rodman.]
4 hours a week.
This course supplements 910-11-12. The work of the first term is devoted
to direct current tests; the second term exercises are on alternating
current circuits and machines; the course in the third term is largely concerned
with calculations and drawings for typical industrial equipments of
electrical machines and controls. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
The University of Virginia branch of the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers holds regular meetings for the discussion of periodical literature
and the exposition by resident and visiting engineers of present-day
problems in Electrical Engineering.
SCHEDULE.
| Classes | Lec. | Lab. | Topics | ||
| M. | T. | ||||
| W. | Th. | ||||
| F. | S. | ||||
| Freshman | Math. (100-6-7) | 8-9 | Trig.—Anal. Geom. and College Algebra | ||
| Ap. Math. (521-2-3) | 10-11 | 8-10 M. W. F. | Surveying—Drawing—Descriptive Geom. | ||
| Gen. Chem. (300-1-2) | 9-10 | 10-12 T. Th. S. | General Chemistry | ||
| English (1-2-3) | 12-1 | Rhetoric—Composition—Literature | |||
| Shop-work (860-1) | 3 h. a. w. | Woodshop—Machineshop | |||
| Field-work (571) | 6 h. a. w. | Field Surveys—Computations—Maps | |||
| Sophomore | Math. (108-9-10) | 11-12 | Calculus | ||
| Ap. Math. (524-5-6) | 12-1 | 8-10 T. Th. S. | Graph. Statics—Struc'l Drawing—Elem. Mechs. | ||
| Physics (200-1-2) | 10-11 | 9-11 M. W. F. | General Physics | ||
| Civil Engrg. (702-14-3) | 12-1 | Railways—Materials—Highways | |||
| Mech. Engrg. (800-1-2) | 12-1 | Steam Engs.—Power Plants—Mach. Design | |||
| Qual. Analysis (315-16-17) | 9-10 | 2-5 M. W. or 2-5 T. Th. | Qualitative and Elem. Quantitative Anal. | ||
| Exp. Engrg. (650) | 6 h. a. w. | Road Materials (Stones—Asphalts—Tars) | |||
| Junior | Ap. Math. (527-8-9) | 12-1 | Ap. Mechs.—Strength of Mats.—Hydraulics | ||
| Economics (10-11-12) | 9-10 | Principles of Economics—Applications | |||
| Elec. Engrg. (900-1-2) | 10-11 | 7 h. a. w. | Elec. and Mag.—D. C. Mach'y—Periodic Cur. | ||
| Elec. Engrg. (910-11-12) | 10-11 | 4 h. a. w. | D. C. Systems—A. C. Systems—Equipment | ||
| Quan. Analysis (318-19-20) | 12 h. a. w. | Quantitative Analysis | |||
| Organic Chem. (309-10-11) | 12-1 | 2-5 T. Th. | Organic Chemistry | ||
| Civil Engrg. (701-5-18) | 10-11 | Curves and Earthwork—Bridges—Masonry | |||
| Engrg. Geol. (400-1-2) | 10-11 | 6 h. a. w. | Geology with special engineering applications | ||
| Exp. Engrg. (670-60-80) | 5 h. a. w. | Fuels and Lubricants—Materials—Hydraulics | |||
| Field-work (751) | 9 h. a. w. | Surveys—Maps—Profiles—Estimates | |||
| Bridge Drafting (755) | 12 h. a. w. | Bridge Design—Detail Drawing | |||
| Senior | Costs Accounting (20) | 8-9 | Costs Accounting | ||
| Business Administration (25-30) | 9-10 | Contracts—Specifications—Engrg. Econ. | |||
| Safety Engrg (35) | 11-12 | Safety Engineering | |||
| Civil Engrg. (707) | 12-1 | Waterworks—Sewers—Design | |||
| Mech. Engrg. (803-4-5) | 10-11 | Gas Engines—Engines—Turbines—Engine Design | |||
| Mech. Engrg. (806-9) | 10-11 | 6 h.a. w. (Spring) | Kinematics—Automobiles | ||
| Elec. Engrg. (903-4-15) | 12-1 | 7 h. a. w. | A. C. Machinery | ||
| Elec. Engrg. (906-7-5) | 10-11 | 2 h. a. w. (Fall) | Illumination—Traction—Power Trans. | ||
| Physical Chem. (303-4-5) | 12-1 | 10-12 M. W. F. | Physical Chemistry | ||
| Applied Chem. (340-1-2) | 11-12 | Chemistry applied to industries | |||
| Mining (420-1-2) | 10-11 | Mine Surveys—Coal Mining—Metal Mining | |||
| Econ. Geology (403-4-5) | 11-12 | 6 h. a. w. | Special study of American geologic resources | ||
| Petrography (406-7-8) | 12-1 | 6 h. a. w. | Study of rock-forming minerals and rocks | ||
| Exp. Engrg. (690-1) | 5 h. a. w. | Power plant, engine and turbine tests | |||
| Shop-work (862-3-4) | 6 h. a. w. | Forge—Foundry—Pattern and Tool-making | |||
| Elec. Lab. (959) | 3 h. a. w. | Precision electrical measurements | |||
| Chem. Lab. (386-7-8) | 6 h. a. w. | Special chemical problems | |||
PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
| Fall Term | C[2] | L[3] | P[4] | Winter Term | C | L | P | Spring Term | C | L | P | |
| Freshman | Trigonometry (100) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Surveying (521) or | 3 | 9 | Drawing (522-572) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Drawing (522-572) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Surveying (521) | 3 | 9 | ||
| Gen. Chemistry (300-350) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (301-351) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (302-352) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Rhetoric (1) | 3 | 6 | Composition (2) | 3 | 6 | Literature (3) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Field (571) or | 6 | Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Shop (860 or 861) or | 3 | |||||||
| Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Field (571) | 6 | |||||||||
| Sophomore | Calculus (108) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (109) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (110) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Graphic Statics (524-574) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Structural Draw. (525-575) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Elem. Mechanics (526-576) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Gen. Physics (200-251) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (201-251) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (202-252) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Railways (702) | 3 | 9 | Materials of Construction (714) | 3 | 9 | Highways (703) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Road Materials Tests (650) | 6 | |||||||||||
| Junior | Applied Mechanics (527) | 3 | 9 | Strength of Materials (528) | 3 | 9 | Hydraulics (529) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Curves and Earthwork (701) | 3 | 9 | Bridges (705-755) | 3 | 12 | 6 | Masonry (718) | 3 | 15 | |||
| Principles of Economics (10) | 3 | 6 | Principles of Economics (11) | 3 | 6 | Applications of Economics (12) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Fuel and Oils Tests (671) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Strength of Materials Tests (660) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Hydraulics Tests (680) | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Railroad Surveying (751) | 9 | |||||||||||
| Senior | Costs Accounting (20) | 3 | 6 | Contracts and Specifications (25) | 3 | 6 | Engineering Economics (30) | 3 | 6 | |||
| Steam Engines (800) | 3 | 9 | Power Plants (801) | 3 | 9 | Safety Engineering (35) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| D. C. Systems (910-960) | 3 | 4 | 8 | A. C. Systems (911-961) | 3 | 4 | 8 | Waterworks and Sewers (707) | 3 | 18 | ||
| Engineering Geology (400-450) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Engineering Geology (401-451) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Engineering Geology (402-452) | 3 | 6 | 3 |
PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
| Fall Term | C[5] | L[6] | P[7] | Winter Term | C | L | P | Spring Term | C | L | P | |
| Freshman | Trigonometry (100) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Surveying (521) or | 3 | 9 | Drawing (522-572) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Drawing (522-572) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Surveying (521) | 3 | 9 | ||
| Gen. Chemistry (300-350) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (301-351) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (302-352) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Rhetoric (1) | 3 | 6 | Composition (2) | 3 | 6 | Literature (3) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Field (571) or | 6 | Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Shop (860 or 861) or | 3 | |||||||
| Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Field (571) | 6 | |||||||||
| Sophomore | Calculus (108) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (109) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (110) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Graphic Statics (524-574) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Structural Draw. (525-575) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Elem. Mechanics (526-576) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Gen. Physics (200-250) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (201-251) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (202-252) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Steam Engines (800) | 3 | 9 | Power Plants (801) | 3 | 9 | Machine Design (802) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Junior | Applied Mechanics (527) | 3 | 9 | Strength of Materials (528) | 3 | 9 | Hydraulics (529) | 3 | 9 | |||
| D. C. Systems (910-960) | 3 | 4 | 8 | A. C. Systems (911-961) | 3 | 4 | 8 | Elec. Equipment (912-962) | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Principles of Economics (10) | 3 | 6 | Principles of Economics (11) | 3 | 6 | Applications of Economics (12) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Fuel and Oils Tests (670) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Strength of Materials Tests (661) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Hydraulics Tests (680) | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Senior | Costs Accounting (20) | 3 | 6 | Contracts and Specifications (25) | 3 | 6 | Engineering Economics (30) | 3 | 6 | |||
| Gas Engines (803) | 3 | 9 | Engines and Turbines (804) | 3 | 9 | Engine Design (805) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Kinematics (806) | 3 | 9 | Materials of Construction (714) | 3 | 9 | Automobiles (809-859) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Power Testing (690) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Power Testing (691) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Safety Engineering (35) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shop (862) | 6 | Shop (863) | 6 | Shop (864) | 6 |
PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
| Fall Term | C[8] | L[9] | P[10] | Winter Term | C | L | P | Spring Term | C | L | P | |
| Freshman | Trigonometry (100) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Surveying (521) or | 3 | 9 | Drawing (522-572) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Drawing (522-572) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Surveying (521) | 3 | 9 | ||
| Gen. Chemistry (300-350) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (301-351) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (302-352) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Rhetoric (1) | 3 | 6 | Composition (2) | 3 | 6 | Literature (3) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Field (571) or | 6 | Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Shop (860 or 861) or | 3 | |||||||
| Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Field (571) | 6 | |||||||||
| Sophomore | Calculus (108) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (109) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (110) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Graphic Statics (524-574) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Structural Draw. (525-575) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Elem. Mechanics (526-576) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Gen. Physics (200-250) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (201-251) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (202-252) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Steam Engines (800) | 3 | 9 | Power Plants (801) | 3 | 9 | Machine Design (802) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Junior | Applied Mechanics (527) | 3 | 9 | Strength of Materials (528) | 3 | 9 | Hydraulics (529) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Elem. of Electrical Engrg. (900-950) | 3 | 7 | 8 | D. C. Machinery (901-951) | 3 | 7 | 8 | Periodic Currents (902-952) | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| Principles of Economics (10) | 3 | 6 | Principles of Economics (11) | 3 | 6 | Applications of Economics (12) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Fuel and Oils Tests (670) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Strength of Materials Tests (661) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Hydraulics Tests (680) | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Senior | Costs Accounting (20) | 3 | 6 | Contracts and Specifications (25) | 3 | 6 | Engineering Economics (30) | 3 | 6 | |||
| A. C. Machinery (903-953) | 3 | 7 | 8 | A. C. Machinery (904-954) | 3 | 7 | 8 | A. C. Machinery (915-965) | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| Illum. and Photometry (906-956) | 3 | 2 | 4 | Electric Traction (907) | 3 | 6 | Power Transmission (905) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Gas Engines (803) | 3 | 3 | Engines and Turbines (804) | 3 | 3 | Safety Engineering (35) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Power Testing (690) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Power Testing (691) | 1 | 4 | 4 | Electrical Measurements (959) | 3 |
PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.
| Fall Term | C[11] | L[12] | P[13] | Winter Term | C | L | P | Spring Term | C | L | P | |
| Freshman | Trigonometry (100) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Surveying (521) or | 3 | 9 | Drawing (522-572) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Drawing (522-572) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Surveying (521) | 3 | 9 | ||
| Gen. Chemistry (300-350) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (301-351) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (302-352) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Rhetoric (1) | 3 | 6 | Composition (2) | 3 | 6 | Literature (3) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Field (571) or | 6 | Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Shop (860 or 861) or | 3 | |||||||
| Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Field (571) | 6 | |||||||||
| Sophomore | Calculus (108) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (109) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (110) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Qual. Analysis (315-365) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Qual. Analysis (316-366) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Elem. Quan. Analysis (317-367) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Gen. Physics (200-250) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (201-251) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (202-252) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Steam Engines (800) | 3 | 9 | Power Plants (801) | 3 | 9 | Machine Design (802) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Junior | Graphic Statics (524-574) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Structural Drawing (525-575) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Elem. Mechanics (526-576) | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Quan. Analysis (318-368) | 2 | 10 | Quan. Analysis (319-369) | 2 | 10 | Quan. Analysis (320-370) | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Organic Chemistry (309-359) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Organic Chemistry (310-360) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Organic Chemistry (311-361) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Principles of Economics (10) | 3 | 6 | Principles of Economics (11) | 3 | 6 | Applications of Economics (12) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Senior | Costs Accounting (20) | 3 | 6 | Contracts and Specifications (25) | 3 | 6 | Engineering Economics (30) | 3 | 6 | |||
| Physical Chemistry (303-353) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Physical Chemistry (304-354) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Physical Chemistry (305-355) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Applied Chemistry (340) | 3 | 3 | Applied Chemistry (341) | 3 | 3 | Applied Chemistry (342) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| D. C. Systems (910-960) | 3 | 4 | 8 | A. C. Systems (911-961) | 3 | 4 | 8 | Hydraulics (529) | 3 | 9 | ||
| Chemical Laboratory (386) | 6 | Chemical Laboratory (387) | 6 | Safety Engineering (35) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Chemical Laboratory (388) | 3 |
PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN MINING ENGINEERING.
| Fall Term | C[14] | L[15] | P[16] | Winter Term | C | L | P | Spring Term | C | L | P | |
| Freshman | Trigonometry (100) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106) | 3 | 9 | Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Surveying (521) or | 3 | 9 | Drawing (522-572) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) or | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Drawing (522-572) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Descriptive Geom. (523-573) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Surveying (521) | 3 | 9 | ||
| Gen. Chemistry (300-350) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (301-351) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Chemistry (302-352) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Rhetoric (1) | 3 | 6 | Composition (2) | 3 | 6 | Literature (3) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Field (571) or | 6 | Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Shop (860 or 861) or | 3 | |||||||
| Shop (860 or 861) | 3 | Field (571) | 6 | |||||||||
| Sophomore | Calculus (108) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (109) | 3 | 9 | Calculus (110) | 3 | 9 | |||
| Graphic Statics (524-574) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Structural Draw. (525-575) | 3 | 6 | 6 | Elem. Mechanics (526-576) | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Gen. Physics (200-250) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (201-251) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Gen. Physics (202-252) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Railways (702) | 3 | 9 | Materials of Construction (714) | 3 | 9 | Highways (703) | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Junior | Engineering Geology (400-450) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Engineering Geology (401-451) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Engineering Geology (402-452) | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Qual. Analysis (315-365) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Qual. Analysis (316-366) | 3 | 6 | 3 | El. Quan. Analysis (317-367) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Steam Engines (800) | 3 | 9 | Power Plants (801) | 3 | 9 | Hydraulics (529) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| D. C. Systems (910-960) | 3 | 4 | 8 | A. C. Systems (911-961) | 3 | 4 | 8 | Applications of Economics (12) | 3 | 6 | ||
| Principles of Economics (10) | 3 | 6 | Principles of Economics (11) | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| Senior | Costs Accounting (20) | 3 | 6 | Contracts and Specifications (25) | 3 | 6 | Engineering Economics (30) | 3 | 6 | |||
| Mining (420) | 3 | 9 | Mining (421) | 3 | 9 | Mining (422) | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Economic Geology (403-453) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Economic Geology (404-454) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Economic Geology (405-455) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Petrography (406-456) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Petrography (407-457) | 3 | 6 | 3 | Petrography (408-458) | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Safety Engineering (35) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
EXPENSES OF REGULAR STUDENTS.
The average annual expense of a student who pursues the regular
course in Engineering will be:
| NonVirginians | Virginians | |
| University Fee | $ 40 | $ 20 |
| Tuition and Laboratory Fees (average) | 170 | 108 |
| Living Expenses (for nine months) | 370 | 370 |
| Books and Drawing Materials | 30 | 30 |
| Incidental Expenses (for nine months) | 60 | 60 |
| Total annual for average conditions | $670 | $588 |
The charges for Tuition are uniform to all students, except that Virginians
are relieved of tuition on courses offered in the College, this exception
saving regular Freshmen from Virginia $85 and all other Virginia
students $55 each year in comparison with non-Virginians.
The laboratory charges are $5 per class for the year's course in Physics,
and $20 per class for a year's course in Chemistry. A deposit for
breakage of $5 is required for each laboratory course in Chemistry. The
fee for each practice course in the Engineering Department, Drawing, Engineering
Laboratories, and Shop-work is $5 per term for each course.
The fee for Field-work is $10 per term per course. These fees include
all charges for laboratory materials; but the student is held further responsible
for breakage.
The living Expenses include board, lodging, fuel and lights, servant
and laundry; the average is $9.50 per week, the minimum $7.50, and a reasonable
maximum $11.50. Books and Drawing Materials will cost about
$120 for the four-year course. Incidental Expenses ought to be kept within
modest bounds; the above estimate is sufficient; large allowances of pocket
money promote idleness and attract companions of the baser sort. No
allowances are included for clothing and travel, the expenses for which
vary too much to be introduced into any general estimate.
The charges payable on entrance are the University Fee, and the Tuition
and Laboratory Fees.
EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS.
Oral examinations are held at the beginning of each lecture hour on the
topics of the preceding lecture. Written test papers are set monthly, or at
such interval as the professor may appoint. Absences from lecture except
by reason of sickness are not excused without a written leave from the
Dean. Class standing is determined on the basis of the oral examinations
and the written tests. Absence from the latter or failure to answer incurs
a zero grade. Absences from laboratory periods, however caused, must be
made up by special private arrangement with the instructor.
Written examinations are held at the end of each term on the entire
work of that term. The result of the examination combined with the student's
class-standing gives his term-grade. The pass-mark is seventy-five
per cent. Absence from the written term examination incurs a zero term-grade,
which may not be removed except by the passage of a special written
examination on the work of that term. Such special examinations are
granted only upon presentation of a written certificate from a reputable
physician that the student by reason of sickness on the day of the regular
examination was unable to attend.
Regular Reports are sent out at the end of every term to the student's
parent or guardian. These state for each course followed the term-grade
and the number of absences. Further comment may be added by the Dean
or the professor, if it appears probable that such comment would be helpful
to the student. Parents are urged to examine these reports carefully
and to exert such parental influence as may seem needed to establish and
confirm the student in habits of industry and order.
Special Reports are sent to parents at the end of each month for students
delinquent in attendance or studiousness and for delinquents only.
When a student is making steady progress and showing due diligence in his
work, only the regular reports are sent. The receipt of a special report is
evidence that, in the judgment of the faculty, prompt and pointed parental
admonition is urgently needed.
If in any class in the Department of Engineering a student fails to
make satisfactory progress, he is first admonished by the professor in
charge. In default of prompt and permanent improvement, he is next
formally warned by the Dean. If due amendment is then not immediately
effected, the student's name is dropped from the rolls of the Department,
on the ground that he is not accomplishing the purposes for which he
should have entered upon a University course of study.
REGULATIONS.
The following regulations, adopted to define the policy of the faculty,
are published for the information and guidance of the students:
1. Practice-courses as well as lecture-courses must be conducted under
the Honor System. The student who submits any work to be graded
is considered to submit it under pledge.
2. When the lecture-course and the associated practice-course are given
in the same term of the same year, no student will be admitted to examination
on the lecture-course until he has completed at least three-fourths of
the practice-course.
3. No student will be admitted to any practice-course unless he is at
the same time pursuing the associated lecture-course, or has already received
credit for the same.
4. No student will be admitted to the graduating examination on a
that course.
5. In the technical courses in Engineering (i. e., courses not given in
the College) term-grades shall not be averaged; except that the term-grades
for Freshman Applied Mathematics may be averaged for the first-year
men only, provided no mark is below 65.
6. The pass-mark in every course is 75. Class standing is estimated at
20 points; the written examination at 80 points.
7. No student who fails to make 75 on term-grade shall be granted another
examination on the course until he has again attended lectures on
that course.
8. Special examinations are not given except by reason of sickness on
the day of examination, attested by the written certificate of a reputable
physician, or for other like providential causes. In every case they must
be validated by special vote of the faculty.
9. A student whose term-grades average less than 40 for all the courses
in which he is registered shall be at once dropped from the rolls. If his
average is above 40 with no mark above 65, he is placed on probation.
10. A student on probation, who in the next term makes less than 65 on
each and all his courses, shall be at once dropped from the rolls.
ADVANCED STANDING.
Under the elective system of the University of Virginia, a student who
has completed courses of college or university grade in other institutions of
learning on mathematical or scientific subjects may be excused from attendance
upon these courses by the Dean, with the advice and consent of
the professors in charge, and will then be registered for the more advanced
work.
In order to secure College Credit upon such courses toward a degree in
Engineering from this University, the applicant must show—
1. That the courses offered are coextensive with the corresponding
courses as given in the University of Virginia.
2. That his grades on them were not below the seventy-five per cent.
pass-mark of this University.
Such credits may be granted by the faculty upon the recommendation
of the Dean and the professors in charge; but are automatically revoked by
the failure of the student to pass in the more advanced courses in the related
topics.
The same rules apply to Credits on Summer School Courses; except
that for courses in the Summer School of this University the examination
questions must be prepared by the professor in charge of the regular
course, and the answers must be read and graded by him.
Credits on Practice-Courses in Drawing, Shop-work, or Field-work
training which these courses represent. Such applicants must file with the
Dean proper certificates from the official under whom the work was done
and must in addition pass a practical test on the subjects for which credit
is desired. College credit is not granted for high-school work.
DRAFTING ROOMS.
The drafting rooms are abundantly lighted and are provided with solidly
constructed tables with locked drawers for instruments and materials.
Each student is assigned to a table and has a drawer for his exclusive use.
The regular Drawing Classes execute each one plate a week under the
supervision of the Instructors in Drawing. The more advanced students
have such additional drawings assigned by their respective professors as
are needed for the full development of the courses of study.
Careful attention is given to the training of the students in free-hand
lettering, in the conventional signs of mechanical drawing, in the proper
lay-out of drawings, and in neat and accurate execution. Exercises are required
also in tracing and in blue-printing, the rooms for which are conveniently
arranged and in close contiguity to the drafting rooms. While,
however, technical dexterity is demanded, the graphical method is taught
and used primarily as an indispensable instrument of research, the thoughtful
mastery of which is essential for the instructed Engineer.
The construction and theory of the Polar Planimeter, the Slide Rule,
and the Pantograph are carefully taught, and the student is trained in the
practical use of these appliances for the rapid and accurate production of
estimates and copies from finished drawings.
SHOPS.
The machine shop is provided with six first-class engine lathes, illustrating
the practice of the best American makers; with a planer, a shaper,
two drill presses, a universal milling machine (Brown & Sharpe), and a universal
grinder (same makers); also with a gas forge for tempering tools, a
cut-off saw for metal rods, an emery wheel, grindstone, and so on.
The wood shop is furnished with five small lathes, a large pattern-maker's
lathe, a jointer, a planer, a saw bench for slitting and cross-cutting,
a band-saw, a jig-saw, and a wood trimmer for pattern-making, six cabinetmaker's
benches, and an ample supply of hand tools.
The foundry has a cupola furnace for working cast iron, a brass furnace,
a core oven, and all needful accessories for moulding and casting;
the blast for the cupola is furnished by a special blower, driven by a small
high-speed steam engine.
The forge room is equipped with Buffalo down-draft forges; and the
necessary smith's tools; the draft is furnished by an engine-driven blower,
and the exhaust is operated by a fan driven also by the engine.
EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES.
Road Materials Laboratory.—The apparatus for tests of non-bituminous
road materials includes a two-cylinder Deval abrasion machine, a ball
mill, a moulding press for briquettes of rock dust, a Page impact cementation
tester, a Page impact toughness tester, a rock crusher and a Purdue
brick rattler. This outfit the University owes to the generous aid of the
late Dr. Logan Waller Page. In addition, the Department has acquired a
40,000-pound compression tester, a diamond core drill, a diamond rock saw,
a grinding lap, a Westphal balance, specific gravity apparatus, and a complete
set of sieves. Useful researches in the road-building rocks and
gravels of Virginia, as well as the standard tests, are conducted each year
by the class in Civil Engineering.
The apparatus for tests of bituminous road materials includes the New
York Testing Laboratory penetrometer, the Kirschbaum ductility machine,
the Engler viscosimeter, the asphalt viscosimeter, the New York Testing
Laboratory extractor, the New York State Board of Health oil tester, Hubbard
pyknometers, asphalt flow plates, gas and electric hot plates, and the
accessory apparatus needed for research on bituminous road-binders.
Structural Materials Laboratory.—The Sinclair Laboratory for work
in testing structural materials was founded on the original donation of Mrs.
John Sinclair, of New York City, as a memorial to her late husband. The
collection has since been considerably enlarged. It contains a Riehle
100,000-pound machine, arranged for tensile, compressive, and transverse
tests, with an attachment for taking autographic diagrams; an Olsen
100,000-pound machine fitted with a suspended ball compression block; an
Olsen torsion machine of 50,000-inch-pounds capacity; a Ewing machine
for finding the modulus of elasticity; hand machines for testing rods and
wires under pull, and small specimens of timber and cast iron under
transverse loads. It is also equipped with accessory measuring instruments;
these include a Henning extensometer, an Olsen compressometer,
and a Ewing optical extensometer of great delicacy.
The laboratory is completely equipped for making tests of cement,
cement aggregates, and concrete. It contains a Fairbank's tensile tester of
1,000 pounds capacity; an Olsen steaming oven for accelerated tests; an
Olsen drying oven with automatic temperature regulation; moist air closets;
sieves for mechanical analysis; moulds for tension and compression
tests; and the required small apparatus.
Fuel and Oil Laboratory.—For the determination of the heating value
of coal, petroleum, etc., the laboratory has an Emerson bomb calorimeter.
For gas calorimetry, a Junker calorimeter made by the American Meter
Co. is used. The equipment also includes a Braun gas muffle furnace, a
Brown high resistance pyrometer, balances, platinum crucibles, etc. For
investigating the coefficient of friction for lubricants, the laboratory has an
Olsen-Cornell oil tester, and is further equipped with such apparatus as
determination of the physical properties of oils.
Hydraulics Laboratory.—The laboratory equipment for work in hydraulics
comprises a steel tank for weir experiments with interchangeable
bronze notches; a hook gauge for measurement of surface levels; a standpipe
provided with a set of standard bronze orifices for experiments on
efflux; commercial pipe and elbows arranged for determining friction
losses; and the necessary scales, tanks, manometers, etc. It also includes
a pump which is piped to circulate water from a cement cistern to a tank
in the attic of the building.
Power Laboratory.—The laboratory is equipped to illustrate the theory
involved in Mechanical Engineering; to give practical instruction in the
handling of machinery; and to teach the fundamental methods of experimental
work. It contains a Ball high-speed engine; a De Laval turbine
with condensing and non-condensing nozzles, which is direct-connected to
a 20-kva. alternating-current generator; an Otto gasoline engine with a
special piston for alcohol; a Wheeler surface condenser to which the exhaust
from any of the steam units may be connected; a Sturtevant blower;
an air compressor; an A. B. C. Pitot tube; a steam pump; steam traps, etc.
For boiler tests, the boilers of the University Heating and Lighting Plant
are used.
The instrument room contains all necessary apparatus for carrying out
complete tests. Among this may be mentioned indicators, thermometers,
gauges, planimeters, with standards for their correction and calibration;
two types of Orsat apparatus; separating and throttling calorimeters, etc.
FIELD WORK IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
The outfit of field instruments contains compasses, transits, and levels
of various approved makes; a solar transit, furnished also with stadia wires
and gradienter for tachymetric work; hand-levels and clinometers for field
topography; plane tables; a sextant; together with an adequate supply of
leveling rods, telemeter rods, signal poles, chains, tapes, pins, and so on.
For hydraulic surveys a hook gauge and a current meter are provided. All
students are instructed in the theory and adjustments of the field instruments
and in their practical use in the field. They are also required to
make up their field-books in standard forms; to reduce their surveys and
execute all the necessary profiles, plans, and maps; and to determine
lengths, areas, and volumes both from the maps and from the original
notes. Polar planimeters are provided for facilitating such estimates, and
a pantograph for making reduced copies of finished drawings.
In recognition of the growing interest in Good Roads in Virginia and
the immense social and economic importance of the construction of such
roads in all parts of the commonwealth, the Faculty of the Department of
Engineering has rearranged the courses of instruction in this topic and
brought them together into the Spring Term, so as to form a special course
wish to go into public highway work. To such Virginians, if adequately
prepared and recommended, free scholarships will be given. Application
should be made to the Dean, accompanied by recommendations from the
State Highway Commissioner or from the Board of Supervisors of the applicant's
county.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY.
The Scott Laboratory of Electrical Engineering.—This laboratory was
initially equipped and endowed by Mrs. Frances Branch Scott, of Richmond,
Va., as a memorial to her late son, an alumnus of this University.
During the year 1910 the equipment was substantially increased through
the generosity of the Hon. Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, Ill., a friend of
the University. During 1912 still further substantial additions were made,
consisting of measuring instruments, auxiliary control apparatus, and more
particularly a steam-turbine-driven three-phase alternating-current generator
with exciter and control switchboard.
In addition to full sets of electric meters with the applicances for testing
and calibrating them, galvanometers of the best modern types, standard
cells and resistances, standard condensers, and other pieces of apparatus
for minor tests, this laboratory contains numerous pieces of the very best
construction. Such are the Wolff potentiometer, the Seimens and Halske
Thomson double bridge, the Koepsel permeameter, the Duddell double projection
oscillograph, the Station photometer with Lummer-Brodhun screen,
the Carey-Foster bridge and others. For the work in machine-testing
there are a number of direct-current generators and motors, series, shunt
and compound, an interpole motor, a double current generator, a two-phase
alternator, a General Electric experimental test set for alternating
current, comprising a generator furnishing single, two, three, six or twelve-phase
current, and, in addition, offering three types of induction motors
with all necessary starting and controlling devices, a single-phase repulsion
motor, a two-phase induction motor, two three-phase induction motors,
several pairs of constant voltage transformers, a constant current transformer,
frequency meters, power factor indicator, synchronism indicator,
ground detector and the auxiliary apparatus used in testing these machines.
The laboratory has been arranged with a system of universal plug and
receptacle-connections to facilitate the setting up of all experimental combinations.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings devoted wholly or in part to the work of the Department
of Engineering are the following:
The Mechanical Laboratory is the main seat of the instruction in technical
studies. It is 180 by 70 feet and contains on the main floor the Dean's
office and the offices of the other professors; the main lecture-room; the
and Second-Year students. Above are a smaller drafting-room for advanced
students, and blue-print and photographic rooms. Below on the
ground floor are another classroom, the testing laboratories, the wood
shop, the machine shop, apparatus and storerooms, the toolroom, and the
students' lavatory.
The Power House is a single-story building 110 by 40 feet. In addition
to the University boiler plant and the electric lighting plant, this contains
the foundry and the forge-room. The boiler plant consists of two horizontal
return-tubular boilers, each of 140 horse-power. The lighting plant
consists of three electric generators directly connected to high-speed engines,
the respective capacities being 25, 50, and 75 kilowatts. The whole
plant is available for purposes of instruction, study and experiment.
The Geological Museum is 120 by 50 feet. It is a three-story building.
The main floor is devoted to the very extensive geological collection of
specimens, charts, relief maps, and so on. The gallery above contains an
equally good collection of minerals and numerous models of typical crystallographic
forms. The upper floor contains the lecture-rooms and the laboratories
of Economic Geology. In the basement are stored subsidiary collections
and new material accumulated in more recent geological surveys.
The Physical Laboratory faces the Mechanical Laboratory on the opposite
side of the quadrangle, and has almost the same proportions. The
main floor contains the lecture-room, the professors' offices, the laboratory
of experimental physics, and the storeroom for the very large collection
of apparatus used in the lectures. On the ground floor is the laboratory of
theoretical electricity, the storage battery room, a well-equipped shop for
the repair and manufacture of apparatus, and smaller rooms for the work
of graduate students.
The new Chemical Laboratory was opened for use in September, 1917.
In this fire-proof structure all the work in Chemistry is assembled. The
floor area provided is about 30,000 square feet. The lecture-rooms seat
classes of 300, 75 and 25 students. The laboratories assigned to General
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Anaylsis,
and Physical Chemistry contain 110, 60, 40, 30, and 20 desks. Altogether
by dividing classes into sections, 600 students may be accommodated.
Smaller private laboratories are provided for research workers. Large
stock rooms communicating by elevators with the several floors contain
ample stores of chemical supplies. The 5,000 volumes of books and bound
sets of journals constituting the Departmental Library of Chemistry are
so housed as to be accessible to both teachers and students.
LECTURE HOURS AND EXAMINATION DAYS.
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday | Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday | Hours | |
| 8:00 to 9:00 |
Costs Accounting (20) | Mathematics (100-6-7) | 8:00 to 9:00 |
| Freshman Drawing Laboratory | Sophomore Drawing Laboratory | ||
| Examination Day II | Examination Day VIII | ||
| 9:00 to 10:00 |
Economics (10-11-12) | General Chemistry (300-1-2) | 9:00 to 10:00 |
| Business Administration (25-30) | Analytical Chemistry (315-16-17) | ||
| Freshman Drawing Laboratory | |||
| Physics Laboratory | Sophomore Drawing Laboratory | ||
| Examination Day I | Examination Day V | ||
| 10:00 to 11:00 |
Applied Mathematics (521-2-3) | Physics (200-1-2) | 10:00 to 11:00 |
| Engineering Geology (400-1-2) | Civil Engineering (701-5-18) | ||
| Mechanical Engineering (806-9) | Electrical Engineering (900-1-2) | ||
| Electrical Engineering (906-7-5) | Electrical Engineering (910-11-12) | ||
| Mechanical Engineering (803-4-5) | |||
| Physics Laboratory | Mining (420-1-2) | ||
| Freshman Chem. Laboratory | |||
| Examination Day X | Examination Day VI | ||
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Mathematics (108-9-10) | Safety Engineering (35) | 11:00 to 12:00 |
| Economic Geology (403-4-5) | Applied Chemistry (340-1-2) | ||
| Freshman Chem. Laboratory | |||
| Examination Day VII | Examination Day IX | ||
| 12:00 to 1:00 |
English (1-2-3) | Civil Engineering (702-14-3) | 12:00 to 1:00 |
| Applied Mathematics (524-5-6) | Mechanical Engineering (800-1-2) | ||
| Physical Chemistry (304-5-6) | Applied Mathematics (527-8-9) | ||
| Civil Engineering (707) | Organic Chemistry (309-10-11) | ||
| Petrography (406-7-8) | Electrical Engineering (903-4-15) | ||
| Examination Day III | Examination Day IV |
The examination days for the various classes are fixed by the hour of
regular lecture period. The examination day for a particular course is indicated
in the table above by the Roman numeral in the space denoting
hour of lecture. The examination period covers ten days at the end of
each term.
A change in lecture period for any course will change the examination
day correspondingly. Classes for which lecture periods are not indicated
will have examination days fixed by the arranged lecture hour in accordance
with above schedule.
McINTIRE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.
| Fiske Kimball, M.Arch., Ph.D. | Professor of Art and Architecture |
| Stanislaw John Makielski | Assistant in Art and Architecture |
INSTRUCTION IN ARCHITECTURE.
Instruction leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Science
in Architecture is offered in the University by the McIntire School of
Fine Arts in collaboration with the Department of Engineering and with
the other academic schools. This work is under the administrative jurisdiction
of the College, and the rules of the College regarding entrance requirements,
fees, choice of courses, and requirements for degrees are
those which apply in it.
Thus the entrance requirements are fifteen units, of which three
must be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics, one in History, and
two units in each of two Modern Languages. Solid geometry and trigonometry,
though not made the subject of entrance conditions, are absolutely
required in the course of the work, and if not presented for entrance
must be taken at once in college—if necessary in addition to the number
of hours required for the degree.
The fees are as follows: University fee, for non-Virginians, $40; for
Virginians, $10. Tuition fee, for non-Virginians, $130; for Virginians,
nothing, except in technical courses in the Engineering Department an
amount pro rata of its fees, and in the courses in architectural design (Architecture
B2 and C1) $40 each. The total of tuition and laboratory fees
for the four years shows an annual average as follows: for non-Virginians,
$180; for Virginians, $75.
NORMAL PROGRAM FOR THE DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE.
To complete the work required for the degree in four years from the
time of entering college, students without advance credit, in choosing
their courses, will have to follow closely the following program:
| Equivalent in session hours |
|
| English A1 or A2 or A3 (1-2-3) | 3 |
| Mathematics A2 or 100-106-107 (Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry and College Algebra) |
3 |
| Applied Mathematics 521-522-523 with 571-572-573 (Surveying, Mechanical Drawing, Descriptive Geometry) |
6 |
| Art B2 (Freehand Drawing) | 3 |
| Physical Training B1 or Elective | 3 |
| 18 |
| Mathematics 108-109-110 (Calculus) | 3 |
| Physics B1 (200-201-202 with 250-251-252) | 6 |
| Art B1 (History of Art and Architecture) | 3 |
| Architecture B1 (Architectural Drawing; Elements of Construction and Design) |
3 |
| 15 |
| Economics B1 (10-11-12) | 3 |
| Applied Mathematics 524-525-526 with 574-575-576 (Graphical Statics, Structural Drawing, Elementary Mechanics) |
5 |
| Civil Engineering 714 (Materials of Construction) (Winter Term) |
1 |
| Art B3 (Painting) | 2 |
| Architecture B2 (Architectural Design) | 4 |
| 15 |
| Business Administration 20-25-30-35 (Costs Accounting, Contracts and Specifications, Engineering Economics, Safety Engineering) |
3 |
| Applied Mathematics 528 (Strength of Materials) (Winter Term) |
1 |
| Experimental Engineering 661 (Strength of Materials Tests) (Winter Term) |
1 |
| Civil Engineering 718 (Masonry Structures) (Spring Term) | 1 |
| Building Equipment (Fall Term) | 1 |
| Art C1 (Advanced Drawing and Painting) | 2 |
| Architecture C1 (Advanced Architectural Design) | 6 |
| 15 |
COURSES OFFERED BY THE McINTIRE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.
Art B1: History of Art.—The development of architecture, sculpture,
and painting in antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and modern
times, with an introducton to their elements and technique. Lectures,
reports.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session hours.) Mon., Wed., Fri., 10-11.
Professor Kimball.
Art B2: Freehand Drawing.—Expression of form by line and by light
and shade. Practice in drawing from the cast in charcoal and in pencil:
geometrical forms, ornament, the figure. Sketching out of doors in pencil,
pen, and wash.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Tues., Thurs.,
Sat., 9-12. Mr. Makielski.
Art B3: Painting: Art B2 prerequisite.—The rendering of color and
form. Practice in painting from still life and from nature in water colors
and in oils.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 2 session-hours.) Tues., Thurs., Sat.,
10-12. Mr. Makielski.
Art C1: Advanced Drawing and Painting: Art B2 and B3 prerequisite.—
First and second terms: Drawing and painting from the life. Third term:
Painting landscape and architectural subjects out of doors.—Credit, 2 session-hours
for B.S. in Architecture.) Not offered in 1919-1920; to be offered
in 1920-1921.
Architecture B1: Architectural Drawing: Elements of Construction
and Design: Art B1 prerequisite.—Walls, moulding, and opening, "the orders,"
architectural rendering; preparation of scale drawings and details:
perspective. Lectures and drawing.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
of electives at large.) Mon., Wed., Fri., 2-3, and drawing 3-5. Professor
Kimball and Mr. Makielski.
Architecture B2: Architectural Design: Architecture B1 prerequisite.—
Problems in the design of simple structures and of the elements of large
compositions. Sketch problems in the planning of more complex structures.
Individual criticism and discussion, with occasional lectures.
(Credit, 4 session-hours for B.S. in Architecture.) Drawing 12 hours a
week, normally Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., 2-5. Professor Kimball.
Architecture C1: Advanced Architectural Design: Architecture B1
and B2 prerequisite.—Problems in the design of complex structures and ensembles.
Sketch problems in the developed treatment of elements of architecture
and the allied arts. Individual criticism and discussion, with
occasional lectures. (Credit, 6 session-hours for B.S. in Architecture.)
Drawing, 18 hours a week. Professor Kimball.
QUARTERS AND EQUIPMENT.
The School of Fine Arts occupies the building at the south end of West
Range, which has been specially adapted to its use. It comprises a lecture
and exhibition hall 35 by 55 feet, an architectural draughting room, a
studio for freehand drawing and painting, with dark rooms and offices. A
special fund for equipment given by Mr. McIntire has made generous provision
for casts, books, photographs, and lantern slides. The casts include
geometrical models, motives of ornamentation, architectural elements, elements
of the figure, and a number of full figures from the antique, as well
as fine modern figures. Beside the books on architectural history and on
building construction kept at the University Library an exceptional departmental
collection of works valuable for reference in architectural design
and detailing, is provided in direct connection with the draughting room.
Among the numerous important sets of folios are the Grands Prix de
Rome, Médailles des concours d'architecture, Monuments antiques, Fragments
antique, Edifices de Rome moderne, The Georgian Period, Work of
McKim, Mead and White, etc., etc. These are supplemented by some
slides, as well as by a number of envoi drawings by former holders
of the Rotch Travelling Scholarship.
HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT.
The work offered re-establishes the instruction outlined in the first
curriculum of the University, 1818, the earliest proposal for instruction in
architecture in any American university. An unrivalled background is
provided for it by the buildings and environment of Charlottesville; the
University group, with its old buildings specially designed to furnish examples
of the various orders "as specimens for the architectural lecturer,"
its new buildings designed by Stanford White; the works of sculpture by
Houdon, Ezekiel, Bitter, Borglum, Keck, Shrady, and Aitken; the exhibitions
of paintings brought to the University with part of the income of
the McIntire fund.
Inquiries from prospective students of Architecture regarding choice
of electives, transfer of credits from other departments or other institutions,
etc., may be addressed to
Professor of Art and Architecture.
| The University of Virginia record December 1, 1919 | |