Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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.(■(Iiiipini ' iit (iidilahlr for .s-tiidi ' tif iii- .•itriictiun . . , FOREWORD AA ' hilf striving to attain its i)resent position in tlie world of science, M.I.T. has constantly ke])t before it three objec- tives — the e(hication of men, the advancement of knowledge and the rendering of service to industry and the nation. To guide it toward these ends, the Institute has gathered to- gether an outstanding grou]) of scientists, specialists in every branch of engineering, who train its students and conduct its vast program in research. The pages of this section are devoted to ac(|uainting the reader with some of the facilities that are part of the Institute which today stands as a mon- ument to the efforts of its leaders. Everyone, in his initial tour of the Institute, expresses amazement at the amount and types of eciuiinnent available for student instruction and the industrial atmosphere created by it. For example, walking through the Steam-Hydraulics Laboratory, which alone is three floors in height, one passes by all types of steam, iliesel and gas engines, a centrifugal pump capable of drawing GU,()00 gallons of Charles River

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(;Ei . M(;i{. DONALD V» . KOSS • KDIIOH M. L()Hi: WOOD • HIS. I(;K. JOHN K. (;KAY O I. O U V . r A M » IS I II |p K . . 1 A s S A i II H « K T T S

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water in an hour, a I ' clliin water wlieel wliieli, lor pur])o.s( s of experimental olisepNalion, oixTates under a stroboscope; and inter V() -en anionic ' all these is a fireat water duet fitted with various iustrnuienfs to facilitate the study of flowin ? water undei- eonditions met in civil and mechanical engineer- in,n ' ])raeliee. The Machine Tool l.alioi ' atoi ' w loealed oxer the Hydrau- lics Lai), is e(|uipped with the usual tyjx-s of lathes, drill presses, milling- machines, grinders, j; ' ear-cul t ini; ' machines and the like found in every well c(|uipi)e(l machine slioj). A turret lathe and a liiiih s])eed r ' iveliui; ' hammer here ive mechanical enfi ' inecriuf; students a chance to oi)erate more modern, s])ecialized automatic ccpiipment. On all sides are glass-encased displays of such mechanical things as a com- (Conlnnicd on )ic.vl .jor purposes of e.rperinioihil ohscrralion . .