Calendar: 1856-1857 Page 101

APPLIED SCIENCES 101 execution of some piece of Mechanism the subject of which is given out during the Lent or Easter Term Every Student is expected to furnish himself with set of the simplest tools requisite for working in wood and metals In order to diminish the expense of these tools as much as possible the Student may purchase them at the College and upon his leaving they will be repurchased from him at reduction depending on the condition in which they are returned No Student is allowed to obtain tools or materials in the Workshop to greater amount than £4 in any one term without the consent in writing of his parent or guardian Each Student is responsible for the safety of his own tools He is also chargeable with any damage done to tools or machines which are the property of the College The Workshop is open to Students daily from to Saturday excepted when the hours are from 10 to and from to alternate weeks Section II museums Museum of King George the Third Curator Cock Esq Her Majesty the Queen having been graciously pleased to confer upon King's College the valuable Collection of Me- chanical Models and Philosophical Instruments formed by His Majesty King George the Third suitable room has been fitted up for its reception Extensive additions have been made to this Museum by the Council and by the donations of private individuals and the Calculating Machine of Mr Babbage has been deposited in it by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests Valuable collections of Minerals of Geological specimens and of Chemical productions both natural and artificial as well as illustrations of the different processes of Manufactures in their various stages are also open to Students during Term See page 132