ENGINEERING 101 



Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Geology, 

 History and Literature, Political and Social Economy, 

 Architecture and drawing. 



Foreign students are admitted to the School as day 

 students only and after passing successfully a special 

 entrance examination. Successful completion of the 

 work generally admits students to such schools of applied 

 science as the ficole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, 

 Genie Maritime, etc. Foreign students pay no tuition 

 fees. 



cole Nationale superieure des Mines. The ficole des 

 Mines is one of the oldest in the world, having been 

 founded in 1783. Many of its graduates have become 

 illustrious. The list includes Joseph BERTRAND, RESAL, 

 Henri POINCARE, BERTHIER, CAILLETET, Rrvox, RE- 

 GNAULT, DELAUNOY, POTIER, CORNU, DUFRENOY, lie 

 DE BEAUMONT, MALLARD, Marcel BERTRAND, DE LAP- 

 PARENT, COMBES, GALLON, GRUNER, Paul HEROULT, 

 SAUVAGE, COUCHE, LE CHATELIER. Among the many 

 Americans who have in the past studied at the ficole 

 des Mines, the names of Egleston, who later helped to 

 found the School of Mines of Columbia University, 

 and of Eckley B. Coxe, the eminent mining engineer, 

 are conspicuous. 



Admission to the School is by competitive examina- 

 tion in Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry, Analytical 

 Geometry (plane and solid), Descriptive Geometry, 

 Mechanics, Physics and Chemistry. Students are 

 also admitted as "auditeurs libres" to some of the 

 courses. 



The instruction covers a period of three years and 

 includes courses in Mineralogy and Petrography 

 (GRAND JEAN), in Palaeontology (PAINVIN and ZEILLER, 

 both members of the Institute), Geology (TERMIER, mem- 

 ber of the Institute, and DE LAUNAY), Mining (LEBRETON), 



