Calendar: 1885-1886 Page 211
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APPLIED SCIENCES 207 Students in their Second Term are instructed in turning Soft and Hard Woods and other substances and also in the mode of preparing and fixing the work in the Lathe they are thus enabled to proceed with set of exercises specially designed with view to the attainment of skill in hand turning After having obtained proficiency in the use of the tools Students are instructed in making Models in which the preceding exercises are combined and which will also include the construction of Patterns and Core-boxes ready to be moulded from in the Foundry III Second Year Students are divided into Classes at the commencement of Michaelmas Term and are instructed in Metal work and Moulding In the Fitting-Shop they go through course of exercises in chipping and filing and getting up plane surfaces by the Whitworth method and in the Foundry they are instructed in the arts of moulding and of casting in iron and in brass In the Lent Term Second Year Students will be again divided for instruction in Smith's work which will be given alternately with specified set of Exercises in Metal-turning and Machine-tool work commencing with the use of hand- turning tools and screw-chasing tools In Easter Term Students areinstructed in the art of working in Sheet Metals and Soldering and after having attained work- manlike proficiency in all the above branches of handicraft to the satisfaction of the Superintendent they are permitted to enter upon the construction of complete machines draw- ings and patterns of which are provided for the use of Students IV Third Year Students continue the Construction of the machines which they have already commenced at the termi- nation of their Second Year and may proceed with Models in illustration of the different contrivances used in Practical Mechanics and Manufactures and in experiments on the strength of material and of structures such as arches beams and girders designed drawn and executed by the Students themselves
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