Lehigh University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Sylvester Jacoby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0063
Abstract
Henry S. Jacoby Papers contains diplomas and certificates he received, drawings and illustrations for some of his books, scrapbooks about Lehigh (1872-1877), typescripts of some of his publications, and correspondence to and from the American Railway Engineering Association. The correspondence is of special to any engineer interested in the work involved in formulating a textbook or the forensics of old bridges.
Dates:
1872 - 1944
Robert Blum Olney Bridge Design Class Notebook
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0226
Abstract
This manuscript contains three bridge
design class exercises indicating the instructional process to train engineering
students. Specific step-by-step instruction in designing for various railroad bridge
spans, building material specifications, structural loads and stresses to be
considered as presented in the professor’s lecture. The complete process of
calculating the design with comparisons of different conditions, as well as material
available, costs incurred of every aspect of the...
Dates:
1891 - 1892
Willis Appleford Slater Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0100
Abstract
This collection is composed of the papers of Willis A. Slater, a Lehigh University civil engineering professor, chair of the department and director of Fritz Engineering Laboratory. The papers give insight into Slater's professional career as a civil engineer, particularly his work with reinforced concrete. The items contained in this collection range from 1910 to 1937 and include reports, blueprints, diaries, correspondence, photographs, and notebooks. Of particular interest are Slater's...
Dates:
1910 - 1937
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- Civil engineers 2
- Authors 1
- Blueprints 1
- Bridge engineering 1
- Bridges 1
- Bridges -- Design and construction 1
- Cement -- testing 1
- Certificates 1
- Civil Engineering -- Testing 1
- Civil engineering 1
- Correspondence 1
- Dams; Power Plants 1
- Diplomas 1
- Drawings (visual works) 1
- Eyebar pin-connected bridges 1
- Fink Truss bridge 1
- Notebooks 1
- Pratt Truss bridge 1
- Professors (Teachers) 1
- Railroad bridges 1
- Saucon Creek, Northampton County, Pennsylvania 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1
- Truss bridges 1
- Typescripts 1
- Warren truss 1
- Wrought iron 1 ∧ less
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