Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 198

j engineering new Laboratory is in course of construction with Boiler ine Dynamos &c Until this building is ready for use which will be probably at Christmas 1890 the Students of this division will follow the subject by the aid of the Physical Laboratory 14 Engineering Workshops Matriculated Students The instruction given in the Workshop is divided into two branches namely Wood Work and Metal Work The Workshop is well provided with the necessary Carpenters' Vices and Benches together with Hand-Lathes Geared and Screw-cutting Lathes Planing Drilling and other Machine- tools The Foundry is furnished with Cupola Brass furnaces Drying-stoves and other suitable appointments The Smith's Shop contains forges and well-selected stock of tools Steam-engine is placed in the vicinity of the AVorkshop by which the lathes machine-tools and foundry- fan are driven Model Room is attached to the Workshop in which are kept exercises examples and models to be worked to by the Students with the cost of the materials required for construction attached to each one II Students of the First Year on joining the department are made acquainted with the different Tools and their practical application to the purposes of Carpenters'and Pattern-makers' work by going through the processes of preparing the wood netting out and forming from figured drawings prepared by hemselves the various joints used in constructions of wood 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