History of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1894Wiley, 1895 - 193 páginas |
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History of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1894 (Classic Reprint) Palmer C. Ricketts Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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66 Alderman agriculture Albany Albert Alumni Amos Eaton annual apparatus application appointed April Arthur assay Assistant Astronomy Beck Beman board of trustees botany branches bridge by-laws Chapter Charles Drowne Charles W chemical chemistry Civil Engineering Class College commencement construction course of instruction Dascom Greene Degree Descriptive Geometry Design Drawing Edward Erie Canal ex officio Mayor examination exercises experimental feet Frank Franklin Greene Geodesy Geology George given graduates Henry Instructor James John John Cramer Joseph July laboratory land surveying lectures LIBRARY LL.D Machines Mathematics Mechanics Mineralogy Name Nason natural history natural sciences November Physics practical president Railroad Rensselaer Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer School Robert Samuel Blatchford scientific SECOND TERM selaer Senior Professor specimens Stephen Van Rensselaer sub-term taught teachers text-books Theory Thomas Thompson tion Topographical Troy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vice-presidents weeks William Gurley William H Williams College winter term York
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Página 7 - Place, for the purpose of instructing person?, who may choose to apply themselves, in the application of science to the common purposes of life. My principal object is, to qualify teachers for instructing the sons and daughters of farmers and mechanics, by lectures or otherwise, in the application of experimental chemistry, philosophy, and natural history, to agriculture, domestic economy, the arts and manufactures.
Página 4 - Proposals for forming by subscription, in the metropolis of the British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Página 35 - ... alter the same from time to time ; and shall be capable of purchasing, taking, holding, and enjoying, to them and their successors, any real estate in fee simple or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, and personal estate, and of selling, leasing, or otherwise disposing of...
Página 5 - Cambridge ; public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions ; rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Página 35 - York," and by that name they shall have perpetual succession, and shall be persons capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto...
Página 6 - I have established a school at the north end of Troy, in Rensselaer County in the building usually called the Old Bank Place, for the purpose of instructing persons, who may choose to apply themselves, in the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Página 7 - ... in the application of experimental chemistry, philosophy, and natural history, to agriculture, domestic economy, the arts and manufactures. From the trials which have been made by persons in my employment at Utica, Whitesborough, Rome, Auburn, and Geneva during the last summer, I am inclined to believe that competent instructors may be produced in the school at Troy, who will be highly useful to the community in the diffusion of a very useful kind of knowledge, with its application to the business...
Página 84 - One year is sufficient for obtaining the Rensselaer degree of Bachelor of Natural Science, or of Civil Engineer, for a candidate who is well prepared to enter. Graduates of Colleges may succeed by close application during the 24 weeks in the Summer term. Candidates...
Página 78 - The said board of trustees shall have power to establish a department of mathematical arts, for the purpose of giving instruction in engineering and technology, as a branch of said institute; and to receive and apply donations for procuring instruments and other facilities suitable for giving such instruction in a practical manner, and to authorize the president of said institute to confer certificates on students in said department, in testimony of their respective qualifications for practical operators...
Página 15 - Eaton and was the first attempt made in this country to collect and arrange geological facts with a direct view to the improvement of agriculture.