DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 63 



REPORT OF THP: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEER- 

 ING. 



Dr. J. L. Snyder, President, 



Michigan Agricultural College. 



Dear Sir — I present, herewith, my report as professor of mechanical 

 engineering for the fiscal year ending June '>0, IDOJ). 



The teaching and administrative staff of the department has been as 

 follows : 



G. W. Bissell, Professor. 



L, L. Appleyard, Assistant Professor. 



J. A. Poison, Assistant Professor. 



A. C. Mehrtens, Instructor. ' 



C. C. Wilcox, Instructor. 



A. P. Krentel, Instructor. 



E. C. Baker, Instructor. 



W. R. Holmes, Instructor. 



A. Smith, Instructor. 



H. P. Case Instructor. 



Miss C. P.. Purcell, Clerk. 



Additional assistance has also been rendered by J. N. Bidwell and 

 J. Campbell to meet crowded conditions in certain classes. 



I take pleasure in commending the members of my staff for their 

 cordial and effective cooperation during the year. 



Tables I, II, III, subjoined, show the distribution and amount of the 

 instruction given by the several teachers of the department. 



In addition to his instructional work, Mr. Mehrtens has written a 

 book of 250 pages, entitled "Gas Engine Theory and Design," published 

 by Wiley & Sons. The work is very creditable to its author and should 

 be in general demand by those who are interested in the subject. 



The writer, and W. S. Franklin, Lehigh Universitj^, have in prepara- 

 tion a treatise on the steam engine to be published by Macmillan & Co. 



No notable additions to the material equipment of the department 

 have been installed since my last report. During the coming summer, 

 however, there will be added to the machine shop equipment a 24-inch 

 Cincinnati shaper. 



Other improvements to be executed during the summer are a cement 

 floor in the machine shop, the addition of twenty work benches in the 

 wood shop, and the installation of drawing tables in Room 408 of 

 Engineering Hall. 



The facilities for instruction in wood work have been severely taxed 

 and the addition to its equipment, above referred to, is in anticipation 

 of the prosi^ective demands of the coming year. 



