1929-04: Auburn Engineer Newsletter, Auburn, Alabama, Volume 04, Issue 07
This is the volume IV, issue 7, April 1929 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 engineeri...
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| Summary: | This is the volume IV, issue 7, April 1929 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: Rigid inspection is necessary part of mass production--Expense of inspection considered small when compared to improvement of product; Accurate topographical map of campus made by students--Professor F. C. Hulse devises a new method of plotting topography; Forces in railway axles found by graphical method--Method used to modify design of axles to receive roller bearings; Photographic record made of voltage surges on line--Study of lightning effects made possible by oscillograph; Auburn's war time student army training corps--Turning back eleven years to review Auburn's part in training soldiers for the A.E.F.; [editorials]; Announcement of new staff (editorial); Congratulations Mr. O'Rourke (editorial); Alumnus' article (editorial); New buildings (editorial); Technical tidbits (Cadmium plating; New motors; Gasoline tests; Singing being taught by pictures; 'Porpoise boats'; Auto industry controls fumes); Aluminum paint a conserver of heat; Chemists find new utilization for waste products; Battery plants increase their production--Industry develops ingenious methods for controlling air to cut costs; The Chicago tunnel system; New bus stations; Chemical exposition; Safety valve (humor); |
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