Calendar: 1859-1860 Page 109

applied sciences 109 Students select those subjects which are connected with their future professions and which their previous knowledge and the time allotted to the Lectures enable them to master outline op the course First Year Elementary Constructions in Plane Geometry viz Problems on the straight line and circle required in drawing Solutions made by the compasses only β Solutions made by the ruler only Constructions employed in the field for determining distances which cannot be directly measured δ Construction of Scales plain and comparative Construction of and Problems on the curves required in the arts of construction The Conic Sections Cycloid Epicycloid Involute Cardioid &c Elementary Problems in Practical Solid Geometry requiring the straight line and plane only viz Solutions by projections on two co-ordinate planes Solutions by means of figured plans cotes de distance Representation of simple solids bounded by planes their position in space being given Determination of Shadows by parallel or converging rays Solution of the three cases of the spherical triangle Practice of shading with Indian Ink 810 to express light and shade on plane and curved surfaces Practical application to the delineation of the elementary parts of Structures Machines Engines Buildings &c viz Of Engines Tools and Machines Frames Bed-plates Bearings Shafting Coupling Pil- low-blocks Fly-wheels Beams &c Rods β Backs Pinions Wheels plane and bevilled with epi- cycloidal or involute teeth Parallel-motions Excentrics Slide-valves Cranks