1929-01: Auburn Engineer Newsletter, Auburn, Alabama, Volume 04, Issue 04
This is the volume IV, issue 4, January 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 enginee...
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| Summary: | This is the volume IV, issue 4, January 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: Auburn professor investigates breakdown of generator--That an arc or arcs were playing on the shattered ring before the wreck is an essential point of the final conclusion; Railway to summit of peak an engineering achievement--Steep railroad grades require deviation from ordinary design of locomotive and road bed construction; Dean of engineering a pioneer in the department-Dean Wilmore has taken an active part in building up the Engineering School to its present position; Radio corporation donates transmitter to college--Apparatus provides three types of radio communication available by a single control switch; Scientific progress aids in newspaper field; Men blast for salt beneath big city; Nation's telephone system is undergoing transformation--Expansion introduces new complexities in telephone industry; What price education?; [editorials]; The Boulder Dam project (editorial); Mr. Hoover's good-will tour (editorial); The cover design (editorial); Qualifications for a mechanical engineer (editorial); Technical tidbits (Automatic hydro-plant; Steam generated from high voltage current; Uses of metallic cadmium; Miniature switchboards; Miniature cable layouts); Chemical warfare service R.O.T.C. camp held in Maryland; Delco Light Company takes first move in farm electrification; Safety valve (humor); |
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