316 W. W. Smyth, Esq., on the 



A great amount of machinery is set in motion by water care- 

 fully collected into reservoirs, and applied either to raise 

 water and material from the shafts, or to effect the dressing 

 of the ores ; whilst the deep water-galleries, or adits, carried 

 for miles under a lofty mountain ridge, stand pre-eminent for 

 boldness of project and skill in execution. 



The institution has been endowed with great liberality ; for 

 not only are the professors paid by the government, but such 

 a sum is yearly granted for the expenses of the well-ordered 

 laboratory, and for other experimental purposes, that the 

 students obtain gratuitously an excellent education. To 

 obtain admission, subjects of the Emperor must be able to 

 produce certificates of having passed good examinations at 

 their schools, and also a recommendation from one of the 

 Hojrdthe or Aulic councillors ; whilst the same advantages 

 are open to foreigners provided with a suitable introduction 

 through the ambassador, or some known person in their own 

 government. 



The system of education must be followed out equally by 

 all during the first year, after which a certain number who 

 are allowed to pass aside to the Forstwesen^ or forest de- 

 partment, are freed from a great portion of the after studies, 

 whilst it is left to the choice of the rest to pursue volun- 

 tarily that branch in addition to the regular routine. 



The subjects are divided as follows : — 



First Year. 



c Elementary Mathematics, consisting of Geometry and 

 1 t Vi If J Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Conic 

 * \ Sections. 

 I Plan-drawing. 



{Natural Philosophy (Physik) and Mechanics. 

 Descriptive Geometry and Stereometric Drawing 

 Crystallography. 



Second Year. 



1^* ^^'^^^ { Mt^riogy. 



, ,^ I Metallurgy {Hiittenhinde) 

 2d halt. JQeognosy. 



The Foresters' course is botany, practical geometry, &c. 



