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applied sciences 55 field operations which by the kindness of several noblemen and gentlemen in the neighbourhood of London who have given them access to their grounds and by the establishment of class during the Long Vacation immediately after the hay crops are cleared they are enabled to carry on extensively The opportunities hereby offered are such as with fair dili- gence and application will qualify gentlemen to undertake at the end of their course whatever Railway surveying may offer itself VII Geometrical Drawing This Course comprehends practical Geometry in the most extensive sense of the term Plane Geometry the delineation of plane figures and curves and generally the solution of all the problems re- quired in the practical arts the use of drawing instru- ments Src Solid or Descriptive Geometry including Projection Isometrical Projection Perspective the construction of Maps Light and Shade and Drawing in the common accep- tation of the term as connected with the objects of this Department The examples selected for the Students arc such as are con- nected with their future professional pursuits and it should be observed that this Course includes what is termed by the French Descriptive Geometry -Students of the third year have the privilege of attending the Class of Landscape Drawing and Colouring as applied to Architectural Designs instead of the Class of Geometrical Drawing VIII Chemistry First Year Preparatory Course of Lectures with Illustrations and Experiments upon the following subjects Nature of Matter and Force consideration of the Forces concurring to the production of Chemical Phenomena Gravity