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SCHOOL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING.
Adjunct Prof. Thornton.
The business of this department is distributed among three classes, as
follows:
JUNIOR.
1. Engineering Geodesy, including Land Surveying, Levelling, and
Topographical Surveying, with Field work, which is continued throughout
the course.
2. Theory of Parallel Projections, Orthogonal, Axonometric and
Oblique, with the Construction of Shades and Shadows.
3. Construction and Setting out of Roads, Railways, Tunnels, and
Canals.
4. Elementary Free-hand and Topographical Drawing.
INTERMEDIATE.
1. Theory of Central Projections, or Linear Perspective.
2. Resistance of Materials, and Stability of Constructions in Earth,
Masonry, Wood and Metals, including the Construction of Foundations.
Retaining Walls, Arches, Bridges, and Roofs.
3. Higher Geodesy, and the Projection of Maps.
4. Free-hand and Topographical Drawing, Constructive Drawing and
Design.
SENIOR.
1. Theoretical and Constructive Mechanism, and the Mechanics of
Machines.
2. Hydraulic Engineering, Theory of Hydraulic Motors.
3. Thermodynamics, Theory of the Steam Engine.
4. Mechanical Drawing and Design.
Text-Books.—Rankine's "Civil Engineering;" Warren's "Descriptive Geometry;"
Warren's "Linear Perspective;" Smith's "Topographical Drawing;" Rankine's
"Machinery and Mill Work;" Barry's "Railway Appliances." Trautwine's Pocket
Book.
Lectures are delivered supplementary to the text-books, and also systematic
lectures on subjects for which no suitable text-book is attainable.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING.
The course of Agricultural Engineering embraces selected portions of
the course of Civil Engineering, together with a further course on the
construction and use of Agricultural Machines.
MINING ENGINEERING.
The course of Mining Engineering embraces selected portions of the
course of Civil Engineering, together with the Theory of Underground
Surveying, Setting out Underground Works, and the construction and
use of Machines used in the working of Mines.
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