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Tuesday, April 5, 1927 THE TAR HEEL Page Three Mechanical Engineering School Laboratory Is Modernly Equipped Organized in 1923-24 Term, It Has Kept Pace With Rest of University New Wing On Phillips Made Space Available For a Commodious Work Room New Machines Added. The School of Mechanical En gineering, which was organized and began to offer degrees in the 1923-24 school term, has made ; great progress in the four years of its existence and the lab oratories are being better equip ped. When the new wing of Phillips Hall was completed in 1925, lab oratory space was made avail able on the ground floor for the use of the Mechanical Engineer ing Department. The greater part of this space constitutes what is known as the steanj and gas laboratory and is being equipped for making experi mental studies of power plant ap paratus. Adjoining the main laboratory there is a - smaller laboratory for light testing work, such as the calibration of instruments, flue gas analysis, fuel analysis, and fuel and oil testing. Under a portion of the main laboratory there is a sub basement for condensers and water measuring apparatus; Before the new space was available, a twenty-five horse power Chandler and Taylor slide valve engine had been set up for experimental work in the univer sity power plant. Thi3 engine has since been installed in the new laboratory and provided with a surface condenser and other special features. The com bination made possible a con siderable number of experimen tal studies of heat-power trans formations. It provided, how ever, only for work of the most elementary type and was '. but the beginning of a laboratory development definitely planned for years in the' future. New Type of Engine. The latest and most import ant addition is a uniflow steam engine, built especially for lab oratory .work by the Txtchburg Steam Engine Company of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. For this type of engine, it is small er than generally, is desired com mercially, ; However, from - the laboratory, standpoint it is any thing but a toy, since the quan tity requiring measurement in a test are as large as ; can , be handled, conveniently, in a lab oratory. Depending upon the conditions of operation, the en gine will delivej?from 75 to 100 horsepower at ' 175 revolutions per minute. .-' ; .', v This is the most modern type of reciprocating steam engine, the uniflow principle giving, it an efficiency far superior to that of any other type. Except in the largest sizes, it is superior to the steam turbine. It is the sec ond engine to be installed in any college laboratory, the first be ing the one at the Massachu setts Institute of Technology. i The engine operates with or without steam cylinder jackets, and has steam pressure up to 175 pounds per square inch. Oth er features include an automatic oiling system, special labora tory brake wheel and brake. Altogether, the engine is a beau tiful piece of machinery and a splendid example of the engine builder's art. ... .,' V;; In accordance with plans for future development, the General Electric Company is now build ing for the University ' labora tory a 25 kilowatt turbo-generator set. The turbine will be a two-stage machine of about 50 horsepower capacity, running at 3600 revolutions per minute. The generator will be direct current, 250 volt machine. This set, like the uniflow engine, is a special unit for experimental work and may be operated under a wide variety of conditions. With the addition next year of a suitable surface condenser, the laboratory will contain for studies on steam prime movers, a simple non-condensing steam engine of the most modern type, that is, the uniflow, and a con densing steam turbine. ,; Future Plans ' The next step will be addi tions in., the gas engine field and will include a high-powered auto mobile engine, complete with ac cessories and Sprague electric dynamometer, a large stationary gasoline or oil engine i , and a Diesil of semi-Diesel gas engine; Following the addition of gas engine equipment, a complete sm$U steam power plant will be installed. : It will consist of a vertical boiler and a steam en gine, provided with accessories for complete power plant tests. Looking still farther into the fu ture, it is planned to add appar atus in the fields of refrigera tion, air compression, heating and ventilation. C'V"''r The steam and gas laboratory is being planned with a view to giving the student some first hand experience with the prin cipal types of power plant ma chinery that he will meet later, either in the operating field or in the field of engineering design and manufacture. The . mechanical engineering student is endeavoring to mas ter the . principles underlying the design and appropriate ap plication of machinery. And so in the laboratory he is concern ed mainly with thosehigh scien tific studies that have to. do with design, investigation, re search and invention, . - " Spring Tailoring display llcUhf KAH N -TA1157R1NS-07 S7F-1NI7IANAPS7US 1 2fm Thhr representa tive will be at our store and display a beautiful collection of foreign and do mestic suitings. He is an expert in mea suring and bis ser- ' vices assure clothes of perfect fit and correct style. MONDAY; TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY tbs Book IcchwJff Cr. KrMse in Ckarge, 1 Carolina Licks V. P. I.; Breaks Three Records (Continued from page one) ; points collected from first in the broad jump and javelin and a third in the low hurdles. Cap tain Montague of V. P." I. was second in scoring as a result of first in both dashes. . : Hoyt Pritchett's two-mile will go down in history as one of the greatest races ever , run at the University. He was not pushed at all, finishing a good 200 yards in front of the second man, and was bothered in the last two or three laps by a slight drizzle that had slowed him up considerably. Galen Elliott, holder of the conference mile and five mile record, eased through the mile un allowing his teammates Russ and Tilley to take first and sec ond. He came back an hour and a half later, entered ; the ,half mile for the first time this year, and breezed through in beautiful style, to set a new state record in the event. v The 440-yard run was one of the closest races of ; the meet; Hutchison of V. P. I. came up in the last few yards to take first place from Rhinehart in the splendid time of 51 seconds, which tied the University rec ord for the event. . Rhinehart regularly runs the half mile, but was shifted to the quarter in the Cadet meet to see what he could do. He came through brilliantly. Summary by events: " 100-yard dash; Montague, V. P. I., first; Shanklin, V. P. L, second; Gray, Carolina, third. Time, 10 seconds. One mile run, Russ, Carolina, first; Tilley, Carolina, second; Elliott, Car olina, third. ', Time, 4 minutes 39 sec. Pole vault, JTcPayden, Johnston and Cowper (all of Carolina), tied for first, height, 10 feet 8 inches. Shot put, Fussell, V. P. I., first; Gray, V, P. L, second; Williams, Car olina, third. Distance, 41 feet 5 1-4 inches. 220-yard dash, Montague, V. P. I., first; Shanklin, V. P. I., second; Har rison, Carolina, third. Time, 22.6 sec. 120 high hurdles, Pearson, Carolina, first; Purser, Carolina, second; Cald well, V. P. I., third. Time, 16 sec. High jump, Pearson, Carolina and DR. R. R. CLARK DENTIST Office Over Bank of Chapel Hill ' Telephone 385 PICKWICK THEATRE "Almost a Part of Carolina" ' cnftW? HATT.Y TUESDAY, APRIL 5 . . Florence Vidor, Clive Brooks and 3:00, 4:45 Mary Carr in ' 6:45, 8:30 "AFRAID TO LOVE" ' Pathe Comedy "Do Your Duty" REGULAR WEDNESDAY APRIL ! ADMISSION Anna Q. Nilsson and Holbrook Blinn 10 and 25c . in r "THE MASKED WOMAN" Candy, Popcorn, Cold V t Night Only, "w Drinks, and Gum on Harry Langdon in "' Sale in Lobby. "HIS FIRST FLAME" Peak, V. P. I., tied for first, Purser, Carolina, thirds Height, 5 feet 8 in. Discus, Lund, V. P. I., first, Gray, V. P. I., second; . Colburn, Carolina, third. Distance 141 feet 10 3-4 inches. (Betters Southern conference record.) Broad jump, Sandlin, Carolina, first; Peake, P. I., second; Johnston, Carolina, third. - Distance, 21 feet 3 1-4 inches. , " . v 440-yard dash, Hutchison, V. P. I., first; Rhinehart, Carolina, second; Doughty, V. P. I., third. Time 61 sec. Two mile run, Pritchett, Carolina, first; Daniels, Carolina, second; Penn, V. P. I., third. Time 9 minutes 60 seconds. (Betters Southern confer ence record.) 220 low hurdles, Giersch, Carolina, first; A vera, "V. P. I., second; Sandlin, Carolina, third. Time 26.2 seconds. ' 880-yard run, Elliott, Carolina, first; Hutchison, V. P: I., second; Cook, V. P. I., third. Time 2 minutes. (Betters state record.) Javelin, Sandlin, Carolina, first; McEwan, V. P. I., second; Myers, Carolina, third. Distance, 164 feet 11 1-2 inches. Team score, Carolina 69, V. P. I. 67. , SENIORS TAKE NOTICE! All Seniors interested in en tering the try-outs of the Man 'um Medal Contest are requested to see the President of the Senior Class or Dr. McKie at once. "RED" SMITH. Miss Kathleen Elmore spent the week-end in Reidsville with Mrs. C. W. Swan. Geo. F. Messnek Wm. H. Row Everything on campus in past four pears heated by ub Carolina Heating & Engineering Co. HEATING, VENTILATING AND POWER PIPING Phone 1466 ! 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