These
preliminaries being completed, and the examinations having been reported
as in all respects satisfactory, the degree of Mechanical Engineer is
conferred upon the aspirant, and he is thus formally inducted into the
ranks of the profession.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
Robert H. Thurston--July, 1871.
I.
MATERIALS USED IN ENGINEERING.--Classification, Origin, and Preparation
(where not given in course of Technical Chemistry), Uses, Cost.
_Strength and Elasticity_.--Theory (with experimental illustrations),
reviewed, and tensile, transverse and torsional resistance determined.
_Forms_ of greatest strength determined. _Testing_ materials.
_Applications_.--Foundations, Framing in wood and metal.
FRICTION.--Discussion from Rational Mechanics, reviewed and extended.
_Lubricants_ treated with materials above.
Experimental determination of "coefficients of friction."
II.
TOOLS.--Forms for working wood and metals. Principles involved in their
use.
Principles of pattern making, moulding, smith and machinists' work so
far as they modify design.
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