Guide to the Sibley College Reports, Theses And Course Materials,
circa 1889-1904.

Collection Number: 16-5-508

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
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Date completed:
May 2011
EAD encoding:
Evan Earle, May 2011
Date modified:
RMC Staff, May 2011

© 2011 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Sibley College reports, theses and course materials, circa 1889-1904.
Collection Number:
16-5-508
Creator:
Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts.
Quantity:
13 volumes.
Forms of Material:
Printed Materials, Research Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Course materials, theses, and other materials pertaining to Sibley College.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Three volumes of course materials: two volumes for the Course in Practical Mechanics, circa 1889-1896 (part 1: Wood working; part 2: Metal working), and one volume for courses in the Machine Design department (1903-1904). The Machine Design volume includes course outlines and sample problem sets with illustrations, some on blueprint paper.
Four volumes of student Master's theses for the Sibley College School of Marine Construction, labeled "Examples of work in design and special problems," 1900-1903. Included are theses by Charles H. Delany, Paul Percy Bird, Horace Warren Deved, J.D. Clair Smith, G. Kohler, Sidney Graves Koon, William Alphonso Rowe, Leonard Griffin Shepard, and Richard J. Donovan. The theses are copiously illustrated with tables and graphs, most on blueprint paper.
Also, six volumes (two copies, three volumes each) of student and faculty reports on mechanical equipment (dated 1902), illustrated with photographs, cyanotypes, graphs, and tables. Vols. 1-2 have spine title "Mechanical laboratory equipment, students' reports." Vol. 1 focuses on a description of the history, operation, buildings, and equipment of Sibley College's Dept. of Experimental Engineering. Vol. 2 consists of reports on tests of mechanical equipment. Vol. 3 has spine title "Investigation and research. Effect of cold rolling, Prof. H. Diederichs," and consists of a report on the effect of cold rolling on the physical properties of steel, prefaced by a letter from H. (Herman) Diederichs to R.H. (Robert Henry) Thurston, Director of Sibley College.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts.
Bird, Paul Percy.
Delany, Charles H.
Deved, Horace Warren.
Diederichs, Herman, 1874-1937.
Donovan, Richard James, d. 1917.
Kohler, G.(George Melvin).
Koon, Sidney Graves.
Rowe, William Alphonso.
Shepard, Leonard Griffin, d. 1927.
Smith, J. D. Clair.
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903.
Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts.School of Marine Construction.
Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts.Dept. of Experimental Engineering.

Subjects:
Mechanical engineering--Study and teaching--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Marine engineering.
Steel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Cyanotypes.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Sibley College reports, theses and course materials, #16-5-508. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Course materials
ca. 1889-1892
Course in Practical Mechanics, pt. 1: Wood Working
Bd. Ms. 1+
ca. 1889-1896
Course in Practical Mechanics, pt. 2: Metal Working
Bd. Ms. 2+
1903-1904
Machine Design
Bd. Ms. 3+
School of Marine Construction: Examples of Work in Design and Special Problems (theses)
1902
Charles H. Delany, "Balancing of Marine Engines"
Bd. Ms. 4+
1900
Paul Percy Bird, "Design of Machinery of About 4500 Horse-Power"
Bd. Ms. 4+
1903
Horace Warren Deved, "Design of a 10,000 I.H.P. Triple Expansion Marine Engine"
Bd. Ms. 4+
1903
J.D. Clair Smith, "Design of Marine Engine and Boilers of 1800 I.H.P."
Bd. Ms. 5+
1901
G. Kohler, "Design of Marine Machinery of About 1000 Indicated Horse-Power"
Bd. Ms. 5+
1903
Sidney Graves Koon, "On the Longitudinal Strength of Steel Ships"
Bd. Ms. 6+
1903
William Alphonso Rowe, "The Design of a Ship"
Bd. Ms. 6+
1903
Leonard Griffin Shepard, "On the Design of a 1400 Ton Ocean Going Yacht"
Bd. Ms. 7+
1901
Richard J. Donovan, "Strength of Ships"
Bd. Ms. 7+
Reports
ca. 1902
Mechanical Laboratory Equipment, Students' Reports, v. 1
Bd. Ms. 8++
1902
Mechanical Laboratory Equipment, Students' Reports, v. 2
Bd. Ms. 9++
1902
Investigation and Research. Effect of Cold Rolling, Prof. H. Diederichs
Bd. Ms. 10++
ca. 1902
Mechanical Laboratory Equipment, Students' Reports, v. 1, copy
Bd. Ms. 11++
1902
Mechanical Laboratory Equipment, Students' Reports, v. 2, copy
Bd. Ms. 12++
1902
Investigation and Research. Effect of Cold Rolling, Prof. H. Diederichs, copy
Bd. Ms. 13++