Calendar: 1875-1876 Page 347
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EVENING CLASSES 343 The Shop is provided with Engine and Shafting and the Lathes Planing and Drilling Machines are driven by Steam power The Course will include CARPENTRY The proper use of Tools and their adjustment making ficarf Mortice and Dovetail Joints the principles of Frame- Work the Construction of model Roofs and Bridges and of Moulders' Patterns tor General Machinery and Wheel Gear- ing and the various forms of Teeth TURNING In soft and hard Woods and in Ivory-methods of chucking and preparing work for the Lathe IRON WORK The use of the Hammer and Chisel the File and Scraping Tools to produce Surface the Whitworth method Fit- ting Gear Work and General Machinery the use of the Screw Cutting Lathe and Planing Machine Students are encouraged to make for themselves Lathes and small Engines up to five or seven inches diameter of Cylinder They are also made acquainted with the construction of modern Land and Marine Engines and the practical use ot the Indicator SMITH WORK Students are taught to make and temper Chisels Drills and Turning tools to weld Iron and Steel and to produce light forgings This shop is provided with two Forges and well-selected stock of Tools CASTING IN BRASS AND IRON The Foundry is furnished with Cupola two Brass Furnaces two Drying-stones and other suitable appointments for complete course 01 instruction in Foundry work and for producing the lighter class of Castings
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