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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.)
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