Deckmbeb 12, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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facturing establishments are themselves 

 conducting independent laboratories of re- 

 search, and there is an increasing demand 

 for men who have not only the training 

 of the technical school, but the attitude 

 of mind to attack new problems ; men who 

 have not simply a basis of theoretical and 

 practical knowledge to begin research, but 

 who have the spirit of research as well. 



This demand for research in engineering 

 and for men capable of undertaking such 

 work has long been recognized, and the 

 Institute has for some years looked toward 

 the inauguration of a department of en- 

 gineering research. The installation this 

 year of the Lowell Electrical Engineering 

 laboratories, with the additional facilities 

 which are thus offered, makes the present 

 an opportune time to undertake this work. 

 A graduate school of research will there- 

 fore be established as a distinct depart- 

 ment of the Institute immediately after 

 the opening of the next academic year — 

 namely, on October 7, 1903— under condi- 

 tions which are given in the announcement 

 that will be issued. 



An examination of these conditions will 

 make it clear that the intention of the 

 authorities of the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology is to provide in the Graduate 

 School of Engineering Research facilities 

 for a small number of advanced students 

 who show capacity for research. 



The administration of the School is 

 vested by the corporation and faculty in 

 a council of members of the faculty, in- 

 cluding the president as chairman. 



The staff will consist of professors and 

 instructors of the Institute and other per- 

 sons actually engaged in engineering en- 

 terprises. 



Opportunities for advanced study and 

 research will be provided in the following 

 branches of engineering: 



Civil Engineering. 

 Sanitary Engineering. 



Mechanical Engineering. 



Electrical Engineering. 



Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. 



Mining Engineering and Metallurgy. 



Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry. 



In these subjects the degree of Doctor of 

 Engineering (Eng. Dr.) will be awarded. 

 As heretofore, the Institute will offer 

 courses of advanced study and research 

 in pure science— e. g., mathematics, me- 

 chanics, physics, chemistry, biology and 

 geology— leading to the degree of Doctor 

 of Philosophy (Ph.D.). These advanced 

 courses will be open also to students of 

 engineering research. 



SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



DR. MEYER ON SOME EUROPEAN MUSEUMS. 



Pending the publication of the final part 

 of his memoir on the musemns of the eastern 

 United States, Dr. A. B. Meyer has given 

 us the results of his observations on some of 

 the museums and other educational institu- 

 tions of Great Britain and eastern Europe. 

 These were visited in order to make compari- 

 sons between them and similar institutions 

 in America, and to gather all possible infor- 

 mation regarding museum buildings and in- 

 stallation. The present paper deals espe- 

 cially with the three great problems of light, 

 heat and ventilation which confront the archi- 

 tect of every large museum, although the 

 reader will find information on all points of 

 interest. The complaint is made that many 

 desired illustrations were not to be had, and 

 it has been suggested that the present demand 

 for the illustrated postal card has much to 

 do with the lack of good-sized photographs of 

 many important buildings. 



In regard to lighting Dr. Meyer is em- 

 phatically of the opinion that the proper 

 method is by side windows and preferably 

 by windows on both sides of exhibition halls, 

 in order to check the reflection from the glass 

 of eases standing in shadow. The most cus- 

 tomary method of lighting is by overhead 

 skylights, in order to gain wall space, but 

 while this is well enough for a single floor, 

 when one or two galleries are introduced it 



