Calendar: 1927-1928 Page 224
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224 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Autographic Torsion Machine Two Cement-testing Machines and Briquette-making Apparatus Vicat Needle Impact Bending and Hardness Testing Machine 23 ft lbs Kennedy Cambridge and Ewing Extensometere 22 ft χ ft in Braced Girder and Rolling Loads for Deflection Experiments Whirling of Shafts Apparatus Torsion of Rods Apparatus 3-stage Worthington-Simpson Centrifugal Pump and Electric Motor Single Stage Worthington-Simpson Centrifugal Pump and Electric Motor Gilkes Francis Turbine Pelton Wheel Kitson Rotary Pump Tumbling Bays Suction and Calibrating Pumps Hydraulic Tilting Flume 44 ft long Bernoulli's Theorem and Critical Velocity Apparatus Hydraulic tanks for gauging the flow of water through orifices and over notches Pipe Flow Apparatus- in to 1J in dia Venturi Meter Pitot Tube &c Jet-reaction Apparatus Fluid Friction Rotation Apparatus Venturi Flame for Channel Flow Apparatus for Experimental Applied Mathematics Engineering Workshops The Workshops comprise Carpenter's Shop Fitting Turning and Machine Tool Shops and Smith's Shop All machines are driven by electric power and ample facilities are provided for complete instruction in all hand and machine tools The equipment has been largely increased and improved Preliminary Workshop Training Four-Weeks' Course has been arranged for First-Year Students viz The last week of the Christmas Vacation the last or first two weeks of the Easter Vacation and the last week of the Summer Term -hours 10 to and to Mondays to Fridays inclusive charge of £2 2s is made for use of tools and materials This Course will count as part of the four months' practical training for endorsement on the College Certificate or Diploma Students are strongly advised to take this course as preparation both for their work in the
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