The J. E. Aldred lectures on engineering practice: Department of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1917. 246 pages, 6 × 9 inches, paper
✍ Scribed by Lucien E. Picolet
- Book ID
- 104121446
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1917
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 184
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
It has long been the custom of engineering schools to include in their curricula a number of lectures on subjects of applied engineering by engineers actively identified with professional practice, a procedure upon whose educational value it is scarcely necessary to dwell. The course maintained in the Department of Engineering of Johns Hopkins University is one feature of a general plan, made possible by the gift of Mr. J. E. Aldred, for furthering and improving undergraduate instruction in the methods and problems in the practice of engineering.
The lectures deal, therefore, with everyday working methods of design, construction, and operation rather than with underlying theory. During the year 1916-1917 three lectures each have been given on the general subjects of civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. They cover hydraulic and steam power projects and gas manufacture; transportation; structural design; sanitation ; and corporate and public utility finance. The lectures will be given in succeeding years, in accordance with the same general plan. They are given in the afternoon and are open to tlae public.
LUCtEN E. PICOLET.