11/8/12 Guide to the Experiments in Strength of Materials Experiments in Strength of Materials

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Guide to the Experiments in Strength of Materials 1876 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Experiments in Strength of Materials 1876 11/8/12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 0.20 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The 1867 Catalogue of the Illinois Industrial University listed Mechanical Science and Art in the Polytechnic Department.1 In 1870, the first professor of the Department of Mechanical Science was appointed to the Chair of Mechanical Science and Engineering.2

On September 1, 1940, the Department of Railway Engineering was discontinued and some of its courses and faculty were transferred to the Mechanical Engineering Department.3 A new curriculum leading to a B.S. in Industrial Engineering began to be administered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1952.4 The name of the department was changed in 1960 to the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.5

1. Catalogue and Circular, 1867, p. 6.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 3rd Report, March 8, 1870, p. 47.

3. Ibid., 40th Report, June 28, 1940, p. 971

4. Ibid., 46th Report, March 12, 1952, pp. 1410-11

5. Ibid., 50th Report, April 20, 1960, p. 1257.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Engineering Education Materials Research Materials Testing Structural Engineering
Administrative Information Accruals:

May 17, 1985

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Scope and Contents

Experiments in Strength of Materials, including graphs, drawings, written descriptions of procedures, photographs of testing apparatus, and computations of results from materials testing conducted by students in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Illinois Industrial University in Fall 1876 on the strength and resistance of beams made of different woods and metals.