MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING. xlix 



APPKOPRIATION AND EQUIPMENT. 



The amount appropriated for the department was 117,000, of which $4,000 

 was expended for the house of Professor of Mechanics and 13,000 for his salary, 

 leaving the amount available for the shop and its equipment at 110,000. Of 

 this amount the building and furniture cost about $8,000, leaving for equip- 

 ment about $2,000. This was expended approximately as follows: 



Planer for iron $500 00 



Two lathes for iron . 300 00 



Belting and shafting 100 00 



Forge and brass foundry - . . 100 00 



Castings for iron shop 200 00 



Hand tools for wood and iron.. . . .* 500 00 



Wood lathes and benches. 100 00 



Students' labor and material for fitting 200 00 



The principal equipment of the shop is as follows : 



Ten sets of tools for hand-work in wood, each set containing — 



1 20-inch cross-cut saw, 1 jack plane, 1 bevel marking gauge, 



1 24-iucli rip saw, 1 block plane, 1 oil stone, 



1 12-inch back saw, 1 fur plane, 1 hammer, 



1 compass saw, 1 screw driver, 1 mallet, 



1 brace and set of 8 bits, 1 24-iuch framing square, 1 scratch awl, 



1 set of G firmer chisels, 1 8-inch try square, 1 brad awl, 



1 smoothing plane, 1 bevel T square, 1 oil can. 



2 turning lathes for wood, 12-iach swing, wood beds, with two sets turning 

 chisels and gouges. 



1 10-iuch swing engine lathe for iron. 

 1 12-inch swing speed lathe for iron. 



1 planer for iron to plane 24 inches by 8 feet. 

 4 vises for bench work. 



4 blacksmith vises. 



5 blacksmith forges. 



2 anvils and a limited supply of blscksmith hammers, hardies, flatters, etc. 



By means of a previous appropriation the college had purchased 



1 18-inch swing engine lathe, 1 8-inch shaper, and 



1 6-inch swing engine lathe, 1 12-horse power engine. 



1 20-inch swing power drill, 



Our tools permitted work as follows : Wood shop, 12 students ; iron shop, 

 machine work, 6 students ; iron shop, bench work and finishing, 7 students ; 

 blacksmith shop, 3 students ; molding, 1 student ; in the aggregate 29 stu- 

 dents. 



This equipment has lately been increased by the generous act of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, providing tools for seven additional students in the wood 

 shop. The Sturtevant Blower Company generously donated a blower, value 

 about $100. 



The work of the shop itself has been devoted largely to increasing its own 

 equipments. Castings of two 15-inch turret lathes, designed by Mr. Meade, 

 Superintendent of the Frontier Iron and Brass Works, Detroit, were purchased 

 at a nominal price. One of these tools was finished in April, 1886. The other 



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