Calendar: 1856-1857 Page 96

96 applied sciences VI Land Surveying and Levelling First Year men attend in Easter Term Second Lent Third Michaelmas The hours of attendance are at the College from Two to Three o'clock on Friday and in the field from Ten to Four on Saturday -The last Two Thursdays in October and the first Thursday in December are devoted to Levelling in lieu of the last Three Saturdays in November This course comprises Railway surveying both by the Chain and Theodolite levelling in all its branches running out Rail- way curves staking out the line for the contractors calcu- lating the cuttings and embankments It is strictly practical the Students are actually engaged in field operations which by the kindness of several noblemen and gentlemen in the neighbourhood of London who have given them access to their grounds they are enabled to carry on extensively The opportunities hereby offered are such as with fair dili- gence and application will qualify Students to undertake at the end of their course whatever Railway surveying may offer itself VII Geometrical Drawing Comprehending the principles and practice of all graphical constructions used in the Arts either by the Architect Civil or Military Engineer Artist or Workman Subjects for each Year and Hours of Lecture First Year Quarter-past 11 on Mondays and Tuesdays during the Term -Constructions in Plane Geometry to familiarise the Student with the use of his instruments practice in drawing elementary parts of buildings machines &c tinting and shading plane surfaces Second Year Quarter-past 10 Mondays and Tuesdays Elementary principles of Descriptive or Practical Solid Geometry as far as is essential to the Architect Engineer &c practice in Light and Shade extended to Solids and their