Calendar: 1869-1870 Page 123
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applied sciences 123 1U Bcpariment of tbe &pplie& Sciences The object in view in this Department is to provide system of general education practical in its nature for the large class of young men who in after life are likely to be engaged in commercial and agricultural pursuits or in pro- fessional employments such as Civil and Military Engineering Surveying Architecture and the higher branches of Manufac- turing Art It is also intended to prepare Students for entering on Scientific course at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and for the Scientific examinations 01 the University of London ami other Institutions The whole course occupies three years and forms an ap- propriale introduction to that kind of instruction which can only be obtained within the walls of the manufactory or by actually taking part in the labours of the Surveyor the Engineer or the Architect Museums containing Mechanical and Physical Apparatus such as important and valuable collections of Models &c illustrating the subjects taught are open to the students Students who have passed two years in this Department and in addition not less than one year in practice under Civil or Mechanical Engineer are by special order of the Secretary of State for India in Council admitted to be Candi- dates for appointments to the Engineer Establishment in India The following are the subjects of ibe different Lectures given in this Department with the names of the Professors and Tutors Religious Instruction according to the principles of the United Church of England and Ireland by the Rev Barry Principal and Rev Hone Μ Α Chaplain
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