A. Visit to the Workshops.
The student will have to learn the mode of proceeding, the construction, and the use of the machines employed. Examination and storing of the most important raw materials.
B. Visit to the Iron Foundry.
All the students of the third cœtus are to be divided into two sections, and each section to be conducted on an afternoon under the care of the teacher of artillery concerned to the Royal Iron Foundry.
They will see there the molding, casting, and cleaning of case shot, cannon balls, and shells.
They will also have explained to them the construction of reverberatory and cupola furnaces, of steam engines, and of turning lathes, and planing benches.
C. Visit to the Foundry and Boring Machine.
The students of the third cœtus are to be present at the actual manufacture of cannon, their molding, casting, and boring. But as the circumscribed room and other considerations will not allow all the students to be present at one time, different divisions are to be formed, to visit the foundry and boring house on different days. The teacher concerned, will, therefore, make the necessary inquiries as to the time when the above works are going on, and arrange the visits by communication with the director.
The casting and preparation of iron ordnance require particular attention. On this, too, the teacher has to obtain information, and proceed as above.
D. Examination of Iron Ammunition.