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History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1934

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108 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE tive engineering, and in 1855 professor of mechan- ics, machines, and constructions. The…
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REORGANIZATION OF T H E SCHOOL 109 Mr. Winslow retained his position only three years, his removal to Poughkeepsie causing…
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CHAPTER VI11 DESTRUCTION BY FIRES. MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS. ATHLETICS A GREAT fire which swept over many blocks and…
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Some Members of the Faculty, 1912 Left to Right in Front Row; Touceda, Lawson, de Pierpont, Crockett, Thompson, Ricketts,…
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Pittsburgh Building, 1912- '87 Gymnasium, 1912-
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 111 feet wide, with a central portion five stories in height, and two wings each of four stories…
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112 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE instruction of students in the mechanical and elec- trical engineering courses. At this…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 113 After a lapse of fourteen years the course in natu- ral science was re-established at a…
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114 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE to Professors John Wright and William Elderhorst were also placed in the assembly hall…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 115 was finished in 1878 at a cost of $15,000. It was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer…
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116 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE It consists of a central part thirty feet square, with three wings, the total length…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 117 time a boiler-house, containing two 75-horsepower boilers and a steam turbine for…
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118 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE Rational and Technical Mechanics. The equipment of this department was then materially…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 119 During the alumni meeting held at Troy in June, 1881, a committee of graduates was appointed…
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120 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE I t has been stated that the geological and min- eralogical specimens belonging to the…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 121 the plans, the three brothers from whom the firm took its name being graduates of the…
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122 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE completion of the '87 Gymnasium in November, 1912. I t was rented to the Troy…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 123 election, January 15, 1892, of Palmer C. Ricketts, of the class of 1875, who had been…
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124 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE to replace it by a new building an or near the old site, and to build a new chemical…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDINGS 125 fill, of fifteen feet in places, was necessary to make the athletic field. The pond, which…
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126 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE erection of a building to take the place of the Main Building, that is, to provide…
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MORE LAND AND NEW BUILDING3 127 through a horizontal tunnel, between the two build- ings, to reach the chimney. Boilers…
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128 HISTORY OF RENSSELAER INSTITUTE the chemical laboratory must soon be enlarged. Accordingly it was doubled in size by an…
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'87 Gymnasium. Swimming Pool '87 Gymnasium. Main Floor
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View South of Walker Laboratory View on Main Roadway
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