. Annual catalogue of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi . and pattern making succeed the work at thebenches, and subsequently the student will make castingsfrom the patterns made while in the wrOod shop. The foundry has twelve benches that are used by the stu-dents in mixing sand and making moulds ; and the castingsmade from these moulds are used by him in the machineshop. The foundry contains a cupola, brass furnace, andcore oven. The forge shop contains twelve forges with anvils for same,and all necessary tools. The blast for the forges and cupolaare furnished by 18 and
. Annual catalogue of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi . and pattern making succeed the work at thebenches, and subsequently the student will make castingsfrom the patterns made while in the wrOod shop. The foundry has twelve benches that are used by the stu-dents in mixing sand and making moulds ; and the castingsmade from these moulds are used by him in the machineshop. The foundry contains a cupola, brass furnace, andcore oven. The forge shop contains twelve forges with anvils for same,and all necessary tools. The blast for the forges and cupolaare furnished by 18 and 24 blowers, and all smoke is taken fromt he shop by an e\h;mst fan. The work iii the forge shop includes the management ofth- lire, drawing, forming, bending, upsetting, splitting,punching, annealing, tempering, and case hardening. The machine shop has an equipment of six engine lathes,two speed lathes, one planer, two drill presses, one shaper,nine vises, and ;i full ussort nient of taps, dies, and tiles. After the Construction of the lathe has been fully ex- •^ $ -*•-. Mississippi A. A: Col-lkge. plained to the student, he will be taught centering, turning,chucking, reaming, outside and inside serew cutting, andwill also receive instruction on drill press, planer, shaper,and vise. He is then required to construct some piece ofmechanism in which many of these principles are involved. A II work is done from scale drawings made in the class-roomand furnished to each student. Course of studies and workon pages 30-31. Drawing—Drawing extends through the entire four years,and is looked upon as of the highest importance, and theeffort is to make the instruction thorough. In the Freshman class, drawing from copy and letteringarc given. This takes up the copying, direct from drawings,which are used until the copy is finished. The lettering consists of instruction in letters of all styles,and the methods of figuring and marking drawings. Later, the work will be orthographic
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