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4. A laboratory, and a collection of 
chymical produétions, directed by a chy- 
mift, as infpector, and manual operator. 
5. Acolle€tion of books relating to 
metallurgy, aflaying, mineralogy, and 
lithology, under the infpedtion of a libra- 
rian fkilled in foreign languages. | 
6. A colleétion of plans and drawings 
of mines and foffils, 
7. Acolle&tien of models of furnaces, 
and of all the inftruments ufed in the 
working of mines, 
8. A cabinet of mineralogico-hiftoric 
manuf{cripts and memoirs. 
The direftion of this inftitution is 
vefted in three perfons, They hold cor- 
refpondence with the direétors of the 
mines belonging to the republic; they 
fuperintend the fearche» for mines, and 
prefcribe the ufe to be made of the diffe- 
rent minerals: they render to the govern- 
ment an account of the ftate and progrefs 
of the {chool, as well as of the mines: 
they publifh every month a Journal of the 
Mines, in which they allo give the public 
an account of thoft particulars. 
Eight infpeétors and twelve engineers 
are attached to this fchool. T'wenty- 
five young pupils are maintained in it at 
the expenfe of the ftate, and are admitted 
after undergoing anexamination. During 
eight months of the year, the pupils, with 
the infpectors and engineers, are feparated, 
to perform mineralogical tours through 
the whole territory of the republic, which 
is divided into eight fubterraneous depart- 
ments. On thefe tours, they vifit and exa- 
mine all the founderies, and the preceptors 
inftru&t their pupils in all the different 
works, give advice and encouragement to 
the proprietors for the difcovery and werk- 
ing of new mines, make collections of mine- 
rals, lay down maps, take drawings of 
furnaces and every fort of machines, note 
down the procefs of fearching for mines, 
and keep a journal of refearches, difco- 
veries, and experiments. At the conclu- 
fion of their tours, conferences are held 
on all thofe objects in the meetings of the 
council of mines. 
The theoretic inftruction in the fchool 
at Paris comprehends the four courfes of 
leures on mineralogy, phyfical geogra- 
phy, metallurgy, affaying and the fearch 
for mines. Atter a competitory examina- 
tion, a part of the pupils are chofen to 
go and refide at the mines, and there re- 
ceive practical inftruétion. 
Every year two pupils are chofen, who 
-rife to the grade of {upernumerary en- 
gincers with an annual appointment of 
five hundred livres*, are afterwards 
promoted to vacancies in the inftitutions 
and fucceeded by pupils of the polytech- 
nic {chool. ‘Ten non-refident pupils are 
adniitted to the fchool at their own ex- 
penfe. Two profeflors are afligned to 
the practical fchool of mines; the others 
are employed in teaching the art of aflay- 
ing and metallurgy. For affiftants they 
have two mineral engineers. The fchool 
will be efablithed at Sainte Marie aux 
mines, in the department of Upper 
Rhine. 
The teachers in the theoretic {chool at 
Paris are as follow :. 
Havy, for mineralogy, with the ad- 
ditional office of infpector of the collec- 
tion of minerals. 
VAUQUELIN, for the art of affaying 5 
at the fame time in{pector and operator 
in the laboratory. | 
LometT, for geometry. 
DOLoMIEU, for the fite of minerals. 
CLOvET, librarian, and profeffor of 
the German language. 
COQUEBERT, for geography as con- 
nected with mines, 
To the fchools for the public frvice 
belong alfo the following inftitutions, 
which have been either recently founded, 
or recently organifed ; 
The {chools of the nine regiments of artal- 
lery—* artillery fchools’-—under the di- 
rection of the minifter of the war depart- 
ment.— They are eftablifhed at the head- 
quarters of the nine regiments, at La 
Fere, Belancon, Grenoble, Metz, 
Strafburg, Douai, Auxonne, Touloufe, 
and Rennes; but they are not yet all or- 
ganifed. Before they can be admitted 
into thefe {chaols, the youthful candi- 
dates are obliged to undergo an examina- 
tion in the preliminary branches of know- 
ledge, and the {ciences fubfervient to that 
art; and they are required to have pafled 
through a previous courfe of at leaft two 
years” ftudy in the polytechnic fohoo} at 
Paris; after which they receive the additio- 
nal education requifite to qualify them for 
officersof artillery. ‘They are inftruéted in 
all the arts connected with the erection of 
works, and in all the military details, 
and the exerciles relating to the artillery. 
The profeffors refide in the fchools ; and 
each {chool is under the direction ‘of a 
* a 
commandant or brigadier of artillery... e 
The jchool of snilitary engineers at 
under the direétion of the war minifter,— 
The examination of fuch youths as are 

* 201, 16s, 8d. ftesling. 
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