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393 Thermodynamics

Senior year, second term, 3 hours.

The general principles of thermodynamics, with review of their
application in the steam plant and a closer study of the internal com-
bustion engine; the principles of heating and ventilation and of refrig-
eration.

394 Power Plant Engineering
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

Layout of plant, selection and combination of imits, economics
of operation, etc.

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

395 Steam Engineering Laboratory

Jimior year, first term, 3 hours; also senior year in the ceramics
course.

A short general course on the use and calibration of instruments
and the measurement of power.

396 Mechanical Instruments and Laboratory

Junior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours.

Use and calibration of instrtunents for measuring area, fluid
volume, weight, pressure (including the indicator), temperature, time,
speed, quality of steam, etc.

397 Mechanical Laboratory
Junior-senior vacation, 50 hours.

Simple tests of steam engines, turbines, and pumps, of gas engines,
of the injector and pulsometer, tests with dynamometers, etc



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398 Mechanical Laboratory
Senior year, first term, 3 hours.

Further and fuller work along the lines of course 397, with testing
of materials and some hydraulic experiments. Testing of power imits
with full analysis of performance and efficiency tests of working plants.

399 Mechanical Laboratory (continued)
Senior year, second term, 3 hours.



MECHANICAL DRAWING

Associate Professor A. R. Johnson, courses 411-414

Associate Professor Lend all, courses 413, 414
Associate Professor Stephenson, courses 411, 412

41 1 Drafting

Freshman year, first term, 5 hours, in the engineering courses.

Construction of designs; geometric problems; free-hand lettering.
Orthographic projections begun. One hour each week is devoted to
classroom instruction.

412 Drafting

Freshman year, second term, 5 hours, in the engineering courses.

Projections on horizontal, vertical, profile, and supplementary
planes; intersection and development of surfaces; elementary machine
drawing and sketching; simple isometric projections. One hour each
week is devoted to classroom instruction.

413 Drafting

Freshman year, first term, 3 hours, in the technical courses in
chemistry, ceramics, and biology.

Plain lettering and the drawing of simple geometric figures.
Elementary orthographic projection.

414 Drafting

Freshman year, second term, 3 hours, in the technical courses in
chemistry, ceramics, and biology.

Orthographic projections continued. Intersection and develop-
ment of surfaces. Isometric projection of simple figures. Free-hand
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Other courses in mechanical drawing are described in connection
with the departments of Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering,
on the preceding pages.



CHEMISTRY

Professor Wright, courses 434, 435, 439, 440, 445, 447
Associate Professor de Regt, courses 423-428
Assistant Professor Little, courses 429-433, 438, 445, 448
Assistant Professor van der Meulen, courses 421, 422, 441-446
Mr. HoLLiNGER, courses 421, 422
Mr. Meuser, courses 421, 422, 436, 437
Major — ^Jimioryear: 429,430,434,435; senior year: 439, 440.
Prerequisites to major: 421, 422, 427, 428, 438

Minors may be chosen in physics, mineralogy, bacteriology, physi-
ology, botany, mathematics, geology, and education.

421 General Chemistry

Freshman year, first term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours,
laboratory 3 or 5 hours; also first year of the short course in Clay-
working and sophomore or junior year in elective courses.

422 General Chemistry (continued)

Freshman year, second term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hoiu^,
laboratory 3 or 5 hours; also first year of the short course in Clay-
working and sophomore or jimior year in elective courses.

423 Qualitative Analysis

Sophomore year, first term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 8 hours.
Prerequisites: courses 421, 422.

424 Qualitative Analysis (continued)

Sophomore year, second term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory
8 hours.

425 Qualitative Analysis

Sophomore year, first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 5 hours;
also second year of the short course in Clay-working.
Prerequisites: courses 421, 422.



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426 QuaHtative Analysis (continued)

Sophomore year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
5 hours; also second year of the short course in Clay- working.

427 Qualitative Analysis

Sophomore, junior, or senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour,
laboratory 5 hours.

Prerequisites: courses 421, 422.

428 Qualitative Analysis (continued)

Sophomore, junior, or senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour,
laboratory 5 hours.

429 Quantitative Analysis

Jimior or senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory
S hours.

Prerequisites: courses 423, 424; or 425, 426; or 427, 428.

430 Quantitative Analysis (continued)

Jimior or senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory
8 hours.

431 Quantitative Analysis

Junior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours» lab-
oratory 10 hours.

Prerequisites: courses 423, 424; or 425, 426.

432 Quantitative Analysis (continued)

Jimior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, lettures 2 hours,
laboratory 15 hours.

433 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory

Jimior-senior vacation, 100 hours quantitative analytical lab-
oratory practice.

434 Industrial Chemistry

Jimior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.

435 Industrial Chemistry (continued)

Junior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.



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436 Organic Industrial Chemistry

Senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours.

437 Organic Industrial Chemistry (continued)

Senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours.

438 Elementary Organic Chemistry

Junior or senior year, second term, 2 hours.

439 Organic Chemistry

Senior year, first term, recitation and lectures 3 hours, laboratory
8 or 10 hours.

Prerequisites: courses 421, 422, 427, 428, 438.

440 Organic Chemistry (continued)

Senior year, second term, recitation and lectures 3 hours, lab-
oratory 8 hours.

441 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Senior year, first term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

442 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (continued)

Senior year, second term, lectures 2 hotirs, laboratory 3 hours.

443 Physical Chemistry

Senior year, first term, 2 hours.
Prerequisite: Calculus.

444 Physical Chemistry (continued)
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

445 Thesis

Senior year, second term, 10 hours a week laboratory work.
The subject for thesis is chosen in any division of the department,
with the approval of the instructor in charge.

Graduate Courses

446 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry
Conference and laboratory research. Work on an assigned

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447 Advanced Organic Chemistry

Conference and laboratory research. Work on an assigned
problem.

448 Advanced Quantitative Chemistry

Conference and laboratory research. Work on an assigned
problem.



GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY

Professor J. V. Lewis, coiirses 461-470

Doctor KiJMMEL, course 463

Mr. Sampson, courses 461-466

All courses are supplemented by short excursions for the observa-
tion of common minerals, rocks, and structures in the field.

461 Crystallography and Mineralogy

Junior or senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory
5 hours.

The laws of crystalUzation and their application to minerals;
outline of systematic mineralogy; practice in sight recognition of
common minerals; determination of unknown specimens.

462 Mineralogy (continued)

Junior or senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory
3 hours in technical cotirses, 5 hoiu-s in elective courses.

463 General Geology

Junior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.

The principles of physical geology, with emphasis on rocks, soils,
and topographic forms; outline of historical geology and the leading
facts of organic evolution; lectures by the State Geologist on the
geology and mineral resources of New Jersey.

464 General Geology (continued)

Jimior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.

465 Physiography

Jimior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.
Geographic features of the earth, with special reference to land
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466 Engineering Geology

Jimior or senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory

2 hours.

The elements of geology with special reference to their bearing
upon engineering practice; the interpretation and use of geologic maps.

Graduate Courses

467 Agricultural Geology

Senior year or graduate first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory

3 hours.

The origin and nature of rocks, their transformation into soils»
and the subsequent modification of these by natural processes.
Prerequisites: courses 421, 422, 461, 462.

468 Agricultural Geology (continued)

Senior year or graduate, second term, recitation 2 hours, labora-
tory 3 hours.

469 Economic Geology Honor Course
Senior year or graduate, first term, 3 hours.

Geologic products of value, including ores and other mineral
deposits, building stones, clays, coal, petroleum, natural gas, mineral
waters, etc., with special reference to North America.

Prerequisites: courses 461, 462; or 463, 464.

470 Economic Geology (continued) Honor Course
Senior year or graduate, second term, 3 hours.



CLAY- WORKING AND CERAMICS
Professor Brown

481 Origin and Nature of Clays

Sophomore year, first term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours;
also first year, first term, in the short coiurse in Clay-working.

A study of the history of the formation of clays and of their physical
and chemical constitution.

482 Winning and Preparation of Clays

Sophomore year, second term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours;
also first year, second term, in the short course.

A study of the methods of the winning of clays and the formation
of clay wares.



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483 Ceramic Calculations

Jtmior year, first term, 2 hours; also first year, first term, in the
short course.

Physical and chemical calculations involved in the preparation
and production of ceramic products.

484 Physical Testing of Clays

Jimior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 5 hours; also
first year, first term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 10 hours, in the
short course.

Methods of testing and studies of the physical properties of the
days used in the manufacture of crude wares.

485 Refractory Materials

Jimior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 5 hours;
also first year, second term, recitation 2 hoiurs, laboratory 10 hoiurs, in
the short course.

A story of refractory materials and of their application in indus-
trial operations.

486 Ceramic Bodies and Glazes

Senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, lectures 2 hours, lab-
oratory 10 hours; also second year, first term, in the short course.

A study of the preparation of bodies and glazes and their uses
and defects.

487 Ceramic Bodies and dates (continued)

Senior year, second term, laboratory 8 hoturs; also second year,
second term, in the short course.

488 Thermochemical Calculations
Senior year, first term, 3 hours.

Physical and chemical calculations applying to the operation of
driers, kOns, and furnaces.

489 Silicates

Senior year, second term, 3 hours.
Formation and properties of silicates.

490 Driers and Kilns

Senior year, second term, 3 hours; also second year, second term,
in the short course.

A study of the operation of driers and kilns.



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491 Ceramic Construction

Senior year, second term, designing 8 hotirs; also second year,
second term, in the short course.

A study of the design and construction of driers, kilns, and ceramic
installations.

492 Graduation Thesis

Senior year, second term, laboratory 8 hours.



AGRICULTURE

Professor Lipman, courses 513-518, 560, 561, 563

Professor Cook, course 560

Professor H. R. Lewis, courses 530-532, 567

Professor BLAm, courses 508-510, 562, 563

Professor Regan, courses 525, 529, 551-553, 565, 566

Professor F. G. Helyar, courses 501, 519-523, 564

Associate Professor App, courses 506, 507, 558, 559

Associate Professor J. P. Helyar, course 511

Associate Professor Farley, courses 536, 539-542, 568

Assistant Professor Schermerhorn, courses 543-546, 569

Assistant Professor Thompson, courses 530-534

Assistant Professor Musgrave, coiu-ses 502-505, 554, 555

Assistant Professor Klinck, courses 547, 548, 556, 557

Assistant Professor Armstrong, courses 535-538, 542

Dr. Leonard, courses 511, 512

Dr. Shive, course 570

Mr. Button, courses 524, 526-528

Mr. Seaver, courses 535-538, 540

Mr. Skelly, courses 519-523

(The short courses in Agriculture are listed on pages 86, 87, and
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501 General Agriculture

Freshman year, first term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

A study of agriculture as an industry; its relation to society; the
field, special problems and relationships of each of the various branches
of agriculture.

502 Soils

Freshman year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours*

Origin, formation, and composition of soils; their physical and

chemical characteristics. Laboratory practice illustrating the principles

of capillarity, specific gravity, moisture holding capacity, and tilth of

soils.

503 Soil Surveying
Sophomore-junior vacation, 50 hours.

Plane table survejdng and mapping of the different soil types
The course immediately follows the summer field practice in surveying,
course 306.

504 General Agronomy

Sophomore year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
3 hours. To be given in the first term beginning with the class of 1923.

Field crops, their soil adaptation, fertilizer requirements, seeding,
harvesting, and crop rotations; grain judging, selection of seed, and
methods of seed germination.

Prerequisite: course 502.

505 Potato Culture and Varieties

Junior or senior year, second tenn, lectures 2 hours, laboratory
3 hours.

Study of structure, morphology, seed preparation and planting,
culture and harvesting.

To be preceded by course 504.

Courses 506 and 507 are open only to those students who can show
the department a satisfactory knowledge of soils, poultry, live stock,
dairy husbandry, truck, and fruit.

506 Crops

Senior year, first tenn, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.
PundanMotal principles of crop productk» and tbeir i^ipiicatioii.



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507 Farm Management

Senior year, second term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours;
also junior year, second term, in the teacher-training course in agri-
culture.

Cost of production; capital and its distribution on the farm;
most efficient size of business with reasons; farm organization; methods
of renting and acquiring land; labor and methods of handling.

508 FertiHxers and Manures

Jtmior year, second term, recitation and lectures 2 hours; also
jimior year, first term, recitation 2 hoiirs, laboratory 3 hours, in the
teacher-training course in agriculture.

History and development of agricultural chemistry in its relation
to present day problems in soil fertility. Sources, composition, value,
and uses of fertilizers and manures, and theories of soil fertility.

509 Soil Fertility Honor Course
Senior year, first term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 8 hours.
Advanced course on the origin, formation, and composition of soils.

Relation of types to crop production. Modifications by cropping
and fertilization. Laboratory course in analysis of soils, crops, and
fertilizers.

510 Soil Fertility (continued) Honor Course
Senior year, Second term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 8 hours.

511 General Bacteriology

Junior or senior year, first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
3 hoiurs.

Nature and products of bacteria; soil bacteria and their relation
to soil fertility and crop production; micro-organisms in milk and
other foods. Laboratory technique in the preparation of media, etc.

512 General Bacteriology (continued)

Junior or senior year, second term, recitation 2 hoiurs, laboratory
3 hours.

513 Soil Bacteriology

Senior year, first term, lecture 1 hour.

An advanced course in soil bacteriology, dealing with the relation
of important species of soil bacteria to the production and transforma-
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514 SoU BiicUfiology is^oTLtrnvied)

Senior year, second term, lecture 1 hour.

515 Soil Bacteriology

Senior yeax, first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Lectures, recitations, and reports on soil bacteria and other soil
micro-organisms. Laboratory studies of soil bacteria and the chemical
changes produced by them.

516 5a*/ Bacterio/ogy (continued)

Senior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

517 Biology of Soil Micro-organisms

Senior year, first term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Protozoa in their relation to soil bacteria; bacteria in their relation
to soil fertility; algae and fungi in their relation to soil fertility.
Development of technique and acquaintance with literature. Special
problems.

518 Biology of Soil Micro-organisms (continued)

Senior year, second term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

519 A nimal Husbandry I

Junior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Market t3rpes of horses, beef cattle, sheep, and swine with special
reference to feeding and management problems. Laboratory includes
the judging of market classes of live stock and dairy cattle.

520 Animal Husbandry II

Senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour.

A course in Uve stock feeding, including dairy cattle. Animal
nutrition and metabolism. A study of the digestibility, palatability,
and economic value of various commercial feeding stuffs.

521 A nimal Husbandry III

Senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours.

A study of the breed types of live stock. Laboratory includes the
judging and identification of the breeds studied, also the tabulation of
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522 Animal Husbandry IV

Senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour.

Advanced work in feeds and feeding. Review of experimental
data on the feeding of farm animals. Special assigned problems
connected with economical feeding.

523 Animal Husbandry V

Senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours.

Animal breeding and live stock management. Common diseases
of farm animals. Sanitation of equipment. Special laboratory work
in live stock management. Construction of bam plans. Visitation of
live stock farms.

524 Dairy Husbandry I

Sophomore year, second term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Elements of Dairying, — The secretion of milk, its composition
and causes of variation in composition. A study of the Babcock test,
separation and butter making, the sanitary handling of milk, and
judging dairy cattle.

Prerequisites: general inorganic chemistry and either botany
or zoology.

525 Dairy Husbandry II

Senior year, first term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

MUk Production. — Selection, breeding, and development of dairy
cattle; their care and management; feeding; problems connected with
the economic production of milk. Advanced work in judging dairy
cattle.

526 Dairy Husbandry III

Senior year, first term, lecture 1 hour, laboratory 5 hours.

Dairy Bacteriology, — ^Bacteria and their relation to various changes
that take place in milk; application of bacteriology to the problems of
both producer and consumer of milk and its products.

527 Dairy Husbandry IV

Senior year, second term, lectures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Market Milk, — Composition of milk and its food value; city milk
supply and its relation to public health; milk transportation, milk
ordinances, and milk inspection.



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528 Dairy Husbandry V

Senior year, second term, lecture 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours.

Dairy Manufactures. — ^A study of milk products. The mantif acture
of butter, several types of cheese, plain and fancy ice cream, fermented
milk drinks. Mechanical refrigeration and creamery construction.

529 Dairy Husbandry VI

Senior year, second term, lecture 1 hour.

Special Production Problems, — The production of milk; breeding;
feeding; animal nutrition and metabolism; diseases common to dairy
cows. Intended to give an insight into present day investigational
work.

530 Poultry Husbandry I

Sophomore year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

A general coiurse showing the requirements and possibilities of the
poultry industry. Poultry economics; plant and equipment; feeds;
breeding; incubation and brooding; marketing of products; records
and judging; diseases and enemies.

531 Poultry Husbandry II

Senior year, first term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 8 hours.

Classification of types; commercial possibilities of the common
breeds; problems in poultry house construction; feeds; the science of
commercial poultry feeding.

532 Poultry Husbandry III

Senior year, second term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 8 hours.

Preparation and marketing of poultry products. Hatching and
rearing; modem methods of incubation and brooding. Poultry farm
management.

533 Poultry Pathology

Senior year, first term, lectiures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Problems and methods of sanitation in poultry keeping. Detailed
study of the sjrmptoms, cause, prevention, treatment, and control of
poultry diseases.

534 Poultry Pathology (continued)

Senior year, second term, lectiures 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.



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535 Plant Propagation and Pruning

Jtmior year, first term, recitation 2 hotirs, laboratory 3 hours.
The principles and methods of plant propa^tion and the pruning
of deciduous fruits, vines, and shrubs.

Note. — Beginning with the class of 1923, this will be offered as a
3-hour coiurse (i. e. lectures 2 hours and laboratory 3 hours) in the
second term of sophomore year.

536 Practical Pomology I

Junior year, second term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Principles of fruit growing as related to the cultiure of the common
deciduous tree fruits. Field exercises in the planting and culture of
orchards; preparation of spray mixtures; use of spraying machinery.

537 Commercial Pomology

Senior year, first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

A study of the picking, grading, packing, storing, and marketing of
fruits, including a discussion of storage houses, commercial fruit pack-
ages, markets, methods of marketing, and cooperation.

538 Systematic Pomology

Senior year, first term, laboratory 5 hours.

A detailed study of the characters of some of the standard varieties
of fruits. This lays the foimdation for special work in fruit scoring and
iudging.

539 Horticultural Literature
Senior year, first term, 1 hour.

Soiurces of horticultural information; government and station
publications; abstracts of btdletins and magazine articles.

540 Practical Pomology II

Senior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.
A study of the culture of the common small fruits. Grape culture
with methods of priming and training.

541 Horticultural Seminar

Senior year, second term, 2 hoiurs.

Advanced study upon questions pertaining to practical, commercial
and systematic pomology. Reports and discussions on special topics.



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542 Plant Breeding

Senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory 2 hours.
A brief study of the elements of plant breeding with particular
attention to horticultural crops.

543 Olericulture or Market Gardening I

Senior year, first term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 8 hours.

Selection of varieties, crop management, harvesting, storage, and
marketing. Vegetable forcing. Systematic vegetable description,
^classification, and nomenclature. Cold frame management. Detailed
utudy of the culture of the various vegetable crops.

A special form of this course, called Vegetable Gardening for Teach-
rs, and emphasizing methods of instruction, is given jtmior year,