Calendar: 1860-1861 Page 124

APPLIED SCIENCES 125 veying those of the third year in levelling each class being in the field on the alternate Saturdays The Surveying Class -Care is taken by the selection of the Lines to introduce the usual practical difficulties The best methods of bringing into use and applying the various Sur- veying Instruments under different circumstances are ex- plained in the Lectures and practically worked out on the ground The Levelling Class -The Course is divided into trial or flying Levels as they are sometimes called check and final Levels with the Levels for cross sections of roads &c and portion of country is selected and actually levelled The Section is plotted the Gradients laid down and the various Engineering calculations connected therewith which are required before the Sections are deposited are fully gone into and explained The "Plan" sent in by the Students of the second year and the Section" by those of the third year are each required to be in conformity with the regulations of the standing orders" of the Houses of Parliament VII Geometrical Drawing First Year Tuesdays from till and alternate Wednes- days from till 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 of the course First Year Elementary Constructions in Plane Geometry viz Problems on the straight line aud circle required in drawing Solutions made by the compasses only β Solutions made by the ruler only γ Constructions employed in the field for determining distances which cannot be directly measured δ Construction of Scales plain and comparative