Senior engineering theses
Scope and content
Senior theses on engineering topics by Milford C. Bean, "Comparisons between Manual Labor and Steam Power for Excavation as Shown by the Steam Excavator;" D. W. Bowman, "Caissons;" William Allen Butler, steam; I. E. Clark, "The Construction of Railway Supports;" Dan K. Colburn, "Strains on Trusses;" C. L. Crandall (with A. Rogers), "Drainage of the Cayuga Marshes;" W.B. Dickinson, Dams; Frederick William Frost, "The Theory of Strains in Bridge Trusses;" H. C. Henderson, "Analytical Examination of the 'Truss';" Rufus B. Howland, "Application of Machinery to the Construction of Brick Walls; Charles S. Price, "Narrow Gauge Railways," Ezra C. Robertson, "Topography;" A. Rogers (with C.L. Crandall), "Drainage of the Cayuga Marshes;" C.B. Sill, design for roof of Unitarian Church, Ithaca; M.G. Stolp, steam; Seymour Preston Thomas, with Gram Curtis, "Supply of Water and Water Power to the University;" Sylvester M. Williams, "The General Theory of Suspension Bridges,"
Dates
- 1872.
Creator
- Cornell University (Organization)
- Bean, Milford C. (Person)
- Bowman, D. W. (Person)
- Butler, William Allen. (Person)
- Clark, I. E. (Person)
- Colburn, Dan K. (Person)
- Crandall, C. L. (Person)
- Dickinson, W. B. (Person)
- Frost, Frederick William. (Person)
- Henderson, H. C. (Person)
- Howland, Rufus B. (Person)
- Price, Charles S. (Person)
- Robertson, Exra C. (Person)
- Rogers, A. (Person)
- Sill, C. B. (Person)
- Stolp, M. G. (Person)
- Thomas, Seymour Preston. (Person)
- Curtis, Gram. (Person)
- Williams, Sylvester M. (Person)
Extent
16 items. (16 items.)
Language of Materials
English
- Brick walls.
- Bridges -- Foundations and piers.
- Caissons.
- Civil engineering -- Study and teaching.
- Labor
- Marshes -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
- Narrow gauge railroads.
- Reclamation of land -- New York (State) -- Cayuga Lake.
- Roof trusses.
- Sanitation -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Steam.
- Suspension bridges.
- Truss bridges.
- Trusses.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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