The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-23
The Technical Exhibition.

tn" students and the MAY festival
guests, the attendance included Il del
cgatiOn of l,000 conductors from the
Detroit convention ana nfty members
Of the Cleveland civic association
The chemical engineering exhibit
held in the new chemistry building. a
model of it's kind in design and equip
mcnt, included rchcating furnaces of
various types: cement and brick
testing machines; assay furnaces.
grinding and pulverizing mills; labor
atOries for testing steel and iron. AMI
for gas analysis: laboratory Demon
STATIONS of archaeological, organic. in
organic ana general chemistry.
In the engineering shops containing
the pattern. machine and forge shops.
and foundry, were exhibited samples
Of the work done by students
large portion Of the equipment of the
department has been designed and
built in these shops.
The physical testing ana highwa.
laboratories occupy adjacent rooms
on the ground floor of the south wing
of the new engineering building These
laboratories are equipped with appar-
atus for testing the strength of ma
tcrals used in enginccrng work. and
tests were demonstrated throughout
thC DAY. y display "l paving ana
road-makins materials MIGRANTS III
S'''loh' 'ush TANKS sewer sections
anu other details OF municipal SAM
,ary ana highway engineering was
shown as well as a model of COM
piete irr'gation system IN operation
Inc university IL kllnWait wlrcl,S'
set which Is the most powerful IN
Iand station in the United states AMI
which has transmitted ana received
messages Tor distdhc" OF 2,5o0 miles
was in operation nhIntaIhih" Tor IN"
b'heilt 81 All visitors iree service l."
four outside wireless stations, as FOL
lows, Detroit LansinS. ANA Grand
Lodge, Mich" and Columbus ONO
l"Sia COZ "Nperlinchts anu u'iiloh-
Strati"n OF wireless HShtlnS were
presented
The telephone ana telegraph labort-
tories include varied equipment ol
/
apparatus The operation OF thea'
appliances. 80 commonly used ana 80
| little understood was demonstrated
In the mode! room ADJOINING the 'N-
! detrimental naval tank W"r" seen the
operations IL moldlhS, chttlhS' snap
ing ana hnlshlhS tlo paraill way
models ot ships. Visitors were al
ipNg1 a. ride tlg car IL observe
The manner of conducting tests.
IN the technology laboratory OF ln'
forestry department "ood-teSt'ilS
machines showed mothodS ct delef-
mining the mechhhhai pfuf'lt'S ~
wood ana selected specimens ui WON
Of various kinds Wel" dlspih\cu'
IN III" electrical chbihecilHH iapo'
atoriN was held the eieciri'aI power
exhibit. consisting oi aH 'n"u'iu
types of altcrnatlhG ana diI'cl 'u'-
rent generators ana motors ana
rotary converter.
The museum of the electrical ehSll'-
Ccring department cohlalheu StNer''
dNnamos of historic interest and oth
CT apparatus 81 early date us wei Il"
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ior demonstrators purposes
The department of Architecture
housed ON tn" second noor OF the
south wing. in quarters esp, 'iaIlN
planned for It's needs displayed
beautiful collection OF ircc-hand an"
architectural drawings
The hydraulic and mechanical eNhl-
bition included engines and turbines
driven 10y every known source of pow
cr--steam, gas, gasoline, Kerosene
crude oil and hot air. y variety "t
pumps and comprcssors were shown
and a complete power plant III opera
ton furnished current Tor tue 'Ni'lp"'
The main portion of the exhibit was
located on the third floor. in the large
drawing rooms and moid lott me Fl-
ter contained model air craft iloa'-
ing in breeze produced 10y larE'
experimental ventilation fan. y par
tia' list OF the exhibits FURNISHED 10y
the civil mechanical. electrical ana
forestry departments follows
\ model of the new univ ersItN san
itary experimental station: models 'i
n water puriiicatioh pant ana rap"
sand filter in operation cross section
of a brick pavement showing elements