1928-05: Auburn Engineer Newsletter, Auburn, Alabama, Volume 03, Issue 08

This is the volume III, issue 8, May 1928 issue of Auburn Engineer, a newsletter published monthly during the school year by Engineering Societies students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The newsletter includes articles of interest related to engineering and engineerin...

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Main Author: Auburn, Ala. : Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Societies
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/stdtpubs,4295
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Summary:This is the volume III, issue 8, May 1928 issue of Auburn Engineer, a newsletter published monthly during the school year by Engineering Societies students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The newsletter includes articles of interest related to engineering and engineering education. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.Articles: Future national defense will require chemical warfare; Three cylinder locomotive is of economical value--Power is increased by addition of third cylinder to locomotive; Freshmen themes express life in engineering school--Note: these themes were written by students of the first year English classes (The architectural courses at a glance; Surveying laboratory; The carpenter shop; The drafting room; Fraternity life at Auburn; Student publications at Auburn; Musical organizations at Auburn) ; Engineering is the basis of modern industry--Modern civilization is founded upon the efforts of the engineer; Characteristics of the three element thermonic tube; [editorials]; Membership to E.C.M.A. (editorial); A word of farewell to the seniors (editorial); To our advertisers (editorial); Technical tidbits (Nicaragua canal route shown to be impractical; New process for making steel; Transparent metal made by electroplating; All arch welded bridge recently completed; New camera takes 3200 pictures a second; Plaster building blocks made from calcium sulphate; Something new in drafting tables; Erosion of impulse-wheel nozzles eliminated by special alloy); The engineering societies; Safety valve (humor);