THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



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THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



THE NEW ENGINEERING BUILD- 

 ING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 

 PENNSYLVANIA 



The new engineering building of the 

 University of Pennsylvania was dedi- 

 cated on October 19, in the presence 

 of delegates from over one hundred 

 scientific institutions and societies and 

 representatives of six leading foreign 

 nations. The building was open for in- 

 spection in the morning, and after 

 luncheon had been served in the build- 

 ing the formal ceremonies took place. > 

 Provost Harrison accepted the building 

 on behalf of the trustees, thanking 

 especially Professors Spangler and 

 Marburg, the heads of the departments 

 of mechanical, electrical and civil engi- 

 neering that occupy the building, the 

 architects, Messrs. Cope and Steward- 

 son, the workmen and the numerous 

 donors who had made the building pos- 

 sible. The degree of doctor of science 

 was conferred on a number of eminent 

 engineers, and the principal addresses 

 were made by Mr. Frederick W. Tay- 

 lor, the president of the American So- 

 ciety of Mechanical Engineers, and Dr. 

 Alexander C. Humphreys, president of 

 the Stevens Institute of Technology. 



The building, a view of which and a 

 general plan of the first floor are 

 shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tions, is the largest of the seventy 

 buildings now occupied by the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania, having a front- 

 age of 300 feet and a depth of 210 feet. 

 The cost, including equipment, was 

 almost one million dollars. It is of 

 fire-proof construction, and the equip- 

 ment is of the most modern and ap- 

 proved type. The exterior is of dark 

 brick, with limestone trimmings, and 

 the general architectural treatment is 

 in the English-Georgian school, in ac- 



cord with the later university halls. 

 There are three stories, the total floor 

 area being 128,000 square feet. The 

 heating is by direct steam; the venti- 

 lation by electrically-driven fans, and 

 the lighting by electricity. The steam 

 for the engines is supplied from the 

 central station of the university, and, 

 after being used by the engines, is sent 

 into the heating system of the building. 

 There are two principal entrances lead- 

 ing to the main hallway, which extends 

 east and west the entire length of the 

 building to staircases at both extremi- 

 ties. The basement contains locker 

 rooms, lavatories, machinery for heat- 

 ing and ventilating, storage battery 

 rooms, laboratories for geodetic and 

 hydraulic work, and for the testing of 

 the materials of construction. On the 

 first floor, adjacent to the main en- 

 trance, are the offices of the heads of 

 departments, the eastern part of the 

 building being devoted entirely to the 

 civil engineering department, and the 

 western part to the mechanical engi- 

 neering department. Accommodation is 

 also provided for physical and hy- 

 draulic testing, instrument testing and 

 for special work in mechanical and 

 electrical engineering. Rooms are like- 

 wise set aside for dynamos and elec- 

 tric motors, steam and gas engines, 

 refrigerating apparatus, hydraulic mo- 

 tors, boiler testing, pattern-making, 

 wood and iron working, foundry and 

 machine shops, etc. On the second 

 floor is a reference library and reading 

 room, a students' assembly room, rooms 

 for the use of instructors and for lec- 

 tures and recitations. The rear portion 

 of this floor is devoted almost wholly 

 to drawing rooms. A room for the use 

 of the engineering societies, a general 

 supply store, and the library stack oc- 



