Catalogue and Announcement of Courses (Volume 19)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...Daugherty's Hydraulics. Prerequisites: C. E. 2 & 3. Senior Engineers. First semester, 3 credits. (Alternates with C. E. 9 and will be given C. E. 8. Hydraulic Construction. Lectures, recitations and reports covering the more important hydraulic constructions. The work is divided into three parts, as follows: water storage, including reservoir capacity, available sources of supply, the design of spillways and flood channels; irrigation engineering, including methods of distribution, construction of flumes, tunnels, and ditches, and also touching upon the agricultural problems involved; harbor engineering, including a study of various types of wharves, methods of dredging, and harbor improvement. Prerequisites: C. E. 2, 3 & 7. Senior Engineers. Second semester, 3 credits. (Alternates with C. E. 9, and will be given in C. E. 9. Municipal Engineering. Lectures and recitations, including the general principles and methods of construction and cost; city water supply; waterworks, and fire protection; the methods of sewage and garbage disposal; the hydraulics of sewers; the relation of rainfall to storm flow. Part of the course is devoted to municipal transportation problems now handled by the various public service commissions. Texts: Blanchard & Drowne, Textbook on Highway Engineering, Turneaure & in 1919-20.) Professor Keller. 1919-20.) Professor Keller. Russell's Public Water Supply, Metcalf & Eddy, American Sewerage Practice, Vol. Ill; Robinson's Civic Art, Lewis' Planning of the Modern City, and Engineering Periodicals and U. S. Government Reports. Junior Engineers. Two semesters, 3 credits each. (Alternates with C. E. 7, and C. E. 8, and will not be given in 1919-20.)...