University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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a i ENGINEERING LABORATORIES The University as a Testing Laboratory HE civil engineering department maintains an up-to-date testing laboratory which is of great service to the state. This laboratory is the only one in the state fitted to make the necessary tests on road materials such as cement, sand, rock, gravel, asphalt, tar, road oils, etc., all of which must pass certain specifica- tions before they can be used on the state highways. In this work the laboratory cooperates with the Idaho Bureau of Highways and the United States Bureau of Public Roads. Tension, compression, shear, and bending tests on wood, iron, steel, brick, etc., are made on a 200,000 pound capacity Olsen testing machine. Frequently tests are made on billet-steel for reinforcing concrete in culverts, bridges, or other structures. The methods of testing are those adopted by the American Society of Testing » Materials and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, and by working in conjunction with them the University is able to furnish information to the state at large which insures proper construction of roads and buildings. [21]

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ENGINEERING BUILDING VAS, The University—An Electrical i Clearing House PART from giving the regular courses in electrical engineering, the depart- ment is called upon to assist both the University and the state at large in a variety of ways. Special courses are given on telephone work for the short course Rangers and on the use of electricity in the home for the Home Economics is students. Those presenting pageants and plays frequently ask for assistance in obtaining special lighting effects while the University as a whole is constantly seeking expert advice as to the proper kind and size of motor, oven, electric furnace, signal, meter and so on to purchase and how to repair them. In case of dispute electric power companies sometimes send their test meters to be standardized and occasionally acceptance tests are run on various sorts of electrical machinery. Many ranchers, having small water power sites on their ity places, have secured advice as to the best means of development. Occasionally 2 |. gil strange questions are propounded; for example, the best lightning protection for F a powder magazine—but, naturally, the most frequent inquiries answered are concerning the troubles of the radio fan.

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UNIVERSITY HORSE BARNS The University and Mining ROM the point of view of the University, the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, although a separate entity and under an independent Board of Con- trol, is the research arm of the School of Mines. The direction of its work is an ex-officio function of the Dean of that division of the University. Since its creation in 1919, the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology has issued fourteen publications dealing with the mineral resources of the state and their utilization and in addition has issued four publications in cooperation with other organizatons. The activities of the Bureau have had a wide scope throughout the state—the counties in order in which work has been done, beginning at the northern boundary, are: Bonner, where a survey has been made of the geology and ore deposits around Pend Oreille Lake; Kootenai, where a survey has been made of the platinum possibilities; Clearwater, Benewah and Shoshone, have been mapped for primary control; Latah, for the copper deposits of the Hoo Doo country, also a preliminary study of the clays, and the artesian water resource possibilities of Moscow have been investigated; Nez Perce, where the oil possibilities at Lewiston have been reported upon; Idaho, where the gold resources of North Central Idaho have been investigated, the report on which will shortly be issued; Adams and Washington, where the copper deposits of the Seven Devils and of the Heath District have bee n surveyed; Valley and Custer, where a reconnaissance