STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY at Hoboken, N. J., a school of 'mechanical engineering, founded in 1871 by Edwin A. Stevens, who left for it in his will the sum of $650,000, and a lot of land suited to its uses. It has an annual income from all sources of over $36,000. The plan of instruction is designed to fit young men of ability for leading positions in the department of mechanical engineering and scien tific pursuits. Theory and practice in the construction of machines forms a distinct department, under the charge of a professor experienced in the practical relations of his subject, who devotes his entire attention to the branch. There is also included an extended course of manual work in the workshop, under the supervision of a competent workman. A mechanical laboratory has been instituted as an adjunct to this depart ment, in which students are permitted to study the materials of construction duiing the process of testing, which is at nearly all times in progress, and frequently to take part in such work. They are given opportunities to take part in tests of steam engines, boilers, and other commercial operations carried' on in this laboratory, and witness and take part in the construction of machinery and other work done in the workshop, Mechanical drawing forms a separate department. Arrangements have been made to give a thorough
practical courselof instruction in physics, by means of physical laboratories, in which the student is guided in experimental researches bearing upon the subjects of his special study. The institute is richly furnished with the needful appliances and collections. It has an apparatus for precise measurement—for the measurement of capacities, weights, and time; for moleenla? physics, elementary mechanics, and acoustics; for the measure ment of specifid and latent heat of solids, liquids, and gases; instruments for electrical measurement of every kind required for the most accurate and refined work; optical apparatus, and rich collections in the departments of engineering, drawing, and chemis try. The library is furnished with the best works in every department of science. A large room lies been fitted up with all the appliances of a gymnasium, and is accessible to all the students. Number of professors, '78, 9; students, 74. President, Henry Morton, P1L D.