Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-16
, .]lt's The Clemson College Exhibit.

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people Of the. State, last week.
The exhibit occupies the mai
portion of Mechanical Hall. It
anexhibit that will do Clemson Go
lege good. 1t speaks much for VIII,
good and practical work is bein
done Of. Clemson C>llege, and (
what there is'in store for tho peopl
OF the State from that State instit,
tlon and when the young men c
that College comes hero tomorrow
aud when on Thursday they pla
foot ball with the students of tn
South Carolina College, the visitor
here can appreciate what men ther
IS in sight for South Carolina.
Clemson's exhibit is intended t.
be practical, to show what is bein.
done and what can be done by th
students. .
S{The mechanical, agricultural ant
veterinary departments at Clemson
I must must all be strong, Judging from thu
exhibits they make and the thorough
familiarity am of those in charge will
the work they have in hand.
The mechanical display, which il
quite large, is in immediate charge
4 OF Director VIM. II. Boehm, and
the several departments in charge
OF the professors of those depart,
ments, who are: w. Nj. Riggs, cleo,
trical engineering; II. G. Poats,
! physics; Charles Hancock, drawing ;
Albert Barnes, wood shop; j. G.
Simpson, machine shop; Wills John
son, forge shop and foundery; r.. E.
lee, assistant in drawing; w. w.
hlugh, assistant in shop instruction.
The mechanical department of the
Clemson College exhibit occupies ono
4 half the entire length of the mechani-
@oal building. The exhibit consists of a
mechanical engineering display,
drawing, machine shop work, clectri
cal engineering display, wood shop
exhibit and forge and foundry work.
The mechanical engineering OK
hibit contains general apparatus for
engineering instruction; a large
Ssnumber of specimens, tested on the
300 ,000-pounds testing machine and
showing the compression, tension
and transverse strength Of the prin-
9ciipal engineering materials, original
designs of 35-horse power steam en-
gine; 1O-horse power dynamometcr,
and so on, all being the product of
student energy. The machine shop
exhibit consists of a G-horsc power
vertical slide-valve, steam engine,
which is in operation, running a |
small lighting plant. The engine
was designed and built by the stu
dents of Clemson.
The exhibit also contains a line of
graded machine shop exercises, be-
ginning with simple things and con-
tinuing to those more complex.
Some fine specicicr&, of shop tools,
gear wheels, caps, dies and reamers
are to hs seen, all made by the Glenn
aon cadets.
Tine electrical engineering exhibit
contains an eight kilo-watt dynamo
and this supplies the current for six
l00-candle power incandcscent lamps,
lighting the exhibit. The dynamo
was designed, built, tested and is
being operated by Clemson students.
The exhibit also contains draw
ngs, patterns and castings of a seven
silo-watt 8 phase rotary convcrtcr;
he armatures for half-horse power
induction motor, for a one and half
iilo-watt single pheso rotary con-
'crter, field ring for q 10 kilo-watt
two and half kilo-watt,
phase high frequency generator
nd other apparatus of most inter-
sting and novel character.
The wood shop exhibit contains q {
york bench built by the cadets, some
'retty furniture. and large number
# patterns Of steam engines, and
cientific and electrical apparatus.
The forge and foundry exhibit t
onsists of large amount of wrought G
ron grill work of beautiful and deli II
ate patterns, chains, the part of |
'hlch were linked and welded to- T
ether in the shops neat umbrella y
tand, jardi re stand and large b
mount of { ,ings, involving con- b
dorable ingenuity in the moulding; b
lso shop tools, as diamond point g.
ools, cutoff tools, cold and hot h
h'sels, which show the knowledge 0
tempcring possessed by tho stu n
ents.
Prof. j. S. Newman is in charge b
the department of horticulture d
nj his department has q very credit n
bic display. O,
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