Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn - Polywog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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29 In the Sophomore year the history of the English language. the outlines of English literature, descriptive geometry, differ- ential and integral calculus, heat, sound, light, electricity and magnetism, electrical measurements, the principles of mechan- ism, physical laboratory practice, shop-work, qualitative analy- sis, and machine drawing constitute the subjects of prescribed courses, while courses in French or German or Spanish are offered as options. In the junior year analytical mechanics, hydro-mechanics, thermodynamics, heat and other motors, the strength of materials, the testing materials, dynamo-electricity, quanti- tative analysis, practice in the dynamo, mechanical, and hydraulic laboratories, shop-work, and machine design are the subjects of prescribed courses. In the Senior year courses are provided in differential equations, in alternating currents, in the electrical railway. in the telephone, in electro-metallurgy, in long distance trans- mission, in framed structures, in the law of contracts, in elec- trical design, in electric lighting, with practice in the alternat- ing current laboratory, and with thesis work extending through both semesters.

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GILBERT C 0 U B S E I N HELMHOLTZ FRANKLIN MAXWELL votm Taovson AMPERE KELVIN E L E C I R I C A L OHM EDISON HENRY BELL Mosse aausn siemens E N C I N E E R I N C aoenrcfn iitil WIYAMLV The Course in Electrical Engineering is intended to meet the needs of those students who desire to enter professionally upon the various applications of electricity to the useful arts. Special preparation is afforded those who in after life may be concerned with electric railways, with the telephone, with electro-metallurgy, with electric lighting, generation, trans- mission, and the utilization of electric power. In shaping the worlc the aim has been to educate the student in accurate observation, in a truthful recording of his observations, in the drawing of correct inferences, and in the embodiment of his work in concise English, and also to impart such a knowledge of electrical engineering practice as to enable him to enterany of its branches, having acquired sufficient skill in the manipula tion of instruments and machines to fit him to carry on inde- pendently and with confidence the tests and measurements liable to occur in practice. Numerous problems in construc- tive engineering and designing impress upon him the import- ance of details, and in these problems working drawings to scale are required whenever necessary. Each candidate for the degree of Electrical Engineer is furthermore required to carry out an original investigation and to present a thesis embodying its results-this kind of work seeming best adapted to develop the individual resources of the student and to give him confidence in the results obtained. For the Freshman year there are prescribed courses in English, in trigonometry, in analytical geometry, in French or German, in mechanics, in shop-work, in general chemistry, and in mechanical drawing.

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5 4 a QE - , we t 'iz , r j Ql i i i i W -.M-i....1..... .. .WY-..--...-l..i.--f---v--'s--- ---1-l------- U: 7 The Course in Mechanical Engineering offered by the Polytechnic Institute is designed to give students intending to become mechanical engineers a thorough training in the principles of pure and applied science, and a technical skill that will fit them to cope with problems of manufacture and trade in the undertaking of industrial enterprises. After a careful grounding in pure mathematics and the sciences, the student considers the applied subjects, first in the abstract and then in the concrete, by means of copious illustrations and practical examples. He is trained in the interpretation of drawings and becomes acquainted with the nature and function of machines before proceeding to a consideration of them in the aggregate and in detail. Their economic as well as scientific phases are observed, and the relation of theory to use is constantly emphasized. This is attained by the use of the laboratory equipment as an adjunct to class-room instruc- tion. The experiment practice gives the student an idea of some of the difficulties to be encountered in the operation of machinery and suggests means of surmounting them. Through- out the course the student's reasoning faculties are developed, his hand is trained to deftness in execution, and his judgment of proportion in design is cultivated, thus insuring to him the confidence and skill requisite for the intelligent direction, testing, and inspection of mechanical work. Upon graduation