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II. MINING ENGINEERING.
In addition to the subjects marked with (*) in the course of Civil Engineering,
the following are required of Mining Engineers:
Exploitation of Mines.—After an introductory classification of Ore
Deposits under the three divisions of Lodes, Beds, and Placers, with
special reference to the mineral wealth of the United States, are treated
the Prospect, Survey and Location of Mines; the Exploitation of Lodes,
Beds, and Placers; the Methods of Underground Transport; the design
and construction of Mine Hoists; and the Drainage, Ventilation, and
Lighting of Mines.
SENIOR CLASS.
Mechanics of Machines.—The construction of crank chains, wheel
chains, pulley chains, cam chains, belt chains, and screw chains, with
applications to the design of parallel motions, valve gears, link motions,
wheel trains, belts and water rods, tackle and presses, teledynamic and
hydraulic transmissions, escapements, ratchets, cams, valves, etc., and
of reciprocating, oscillating and rotary engines, pumps, and blowers.
Theory of Prime Movers.—Hydraulic Motors, including Water-Pressure
Engines, Water-Wheels, and Turbines; Pumps and Pumping
Machinery; Thermodynamics, with applications to the design of Hot-Air
Engines, Air Compressors and Blowers, Compressed-Air Engines,
Pneumatic Transmissions, and Steam Engines; Steam Generators, including
the theory of Fuels, construction of Furnaces, Chimneys,
Boilers and their appurtenances, and the design of the Generator; and
Steam Engines, simple and compound, stationary and locomotive, with
the design of the engine and its appurtenances.
Instruction in the foregoing subjects is conveyed by a course of systematic
lectures, combined with assiduous practice in the field and at
the drawing-board, continued throughout the course.
In the lecture course the principles are carefully elucidated, the rules
of construction are deduced, and are then applied to the criticism of existing
structures and the design of proposed works.
In the field course the adjustments and use of the instruments are
carefully taught, and the student, after a thorough drill in the methods
of measuring and estimating lengths, altitudes, and angles, is required to
lines for railways, highways, and canals, and to set out curves, earthworks
and masonry.
In the course of design the easy and accurate use of pen and brush is
first acquired by exercises in projective and topographic drawing. The
student is then required, from assigned data, to compute the dimensions
of proposed structures, and on the basis of his computations to prepare
bills of material, and general and detailed drawings of the works; to
draw up specifications and furnish estimates of cost in accordance with
prices current.
To facilitate the instruction in this department, the University has
provided a commodious and well-lighted lecture room and drawing hall;
a liberal supply of field instruments, of the best construction; and models
and drawings of a large variety of structures, illustrating the best
practice of modern engineers, American and foreign.
The requisites for degrees in Engineering are given at page 59 of this
Catalogue. It is estimated that either course can be completed by a
well prepared student in two years; and the following arrangement of
studies is recommended, but not compulsory. Adequate preparation
is an accurate knowledge of the elements of Algebra, Geometry, and
Trigonometry. The ability to translate from the French and German
languages is an inestimable advantage.
Course for Degree of C. E.
1. Junior Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Pure Mathematics.
2. Senior Applied Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Mineralogy,
and Geology.
Annual expenses, $305 to $359, according to price paid for board.
Course for Degree of M. E.
1. Junior Applied Mathematics, Physics, Pure Mathematics, General
Chemistry.
2. Senior Applied Mathematics, Industrial Chemistry, Analytical
Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology.
Annual expenses $370 to $424, according to price paid for board.
Virginia students in this department, over eighteen years old, who
have passed the requisite entrance examinations, pay no tuition, except
in Applied Mathematics and Analytical Chemistry.
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