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

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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

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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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3I he should be competent to assume at once professional responsibility in the design, erection, and operation of ordinary types of machinery. In the Freshman year English, higher algebra, trigonome. try, analytical geometry, French or German, mechanics, shop- work, general chemistry, and free-hand and mechanical draw- ing constitute the prescribed courses of study. In the Sophomore year advanced composition and debates, the history of the English language, the outlines of English literature, descriptive geometry, differential and integral cal- culus. heat, sound, light, electricity and magnetism, electrical measurements, the principles of mechanism, physical labora. tory practice, shop-work, qualitative analysis, and machine drawing are pursued in systematic courses. In the Junior year the courses provide for a study of ora- tory, analytical and applied mechanics, hydromechanics, ther- modynamics, heat and other motors, mechanics of materials, the testing of materials, shop-work, machine design, metal- lurgy of iron and copper, engineering drawing, gas analysis, boilers and injectors, dynamo electricity, dynamo laboratory, and practice in the mechanic and hydraulic laboratories. In the Senior year the subjects in the prescribed courses are general oratory, psychology or political economy, differ- ential equations, the law of contracts, foundations, framed structures, architecture, heating and ventilating of buildings, mill design and administration, chimney construction and design, prime motors, pumps and pumping machinery, power generation and distribution, advanced machine design, to which is added the thesis investigation.