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91 APPLIED SCIENCES Elements Manufactures of Oil of Vitriol Aquafortis Ammo- nia &c Second Term -Chemistry of the Metals of Salts in gene- ral Applications in the Arts Smelting of Iron Lead Coppea &c Manufactures of Sugar Starch Beer Soap &c Dyeing and Calico-printing Action of Cements Manures frc THIRD Year Practical CHEMISTRY Hours in Michaelmas Term Tuesdays from to Fridays from till l£ In Lent Term Fridays only from 111 till The subjects taught in this Course include the Processes of taking Specific Gravities the Preparation of various Gases Distillation the Working of Glass Rod and Tube Use of tha Mouth Blowpipe and Processes of Qualitative Analysis and Testing generally Students of this Department have additional opportu- nities of studying Chemistry by entering extra for the Class of Experimental and Analytical Chemistry See pp 119 and 13G IX Mineralogy With view to facilitate the study of Geology and of the Application of Mineral Substances in the Arts The Lectures are given in the Michaelmas Term and will will begin on Friday October 1854 and be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday The Course commences with description of the Physical and Chemical characters of Minerals in general Physical -Crystallization Cleavage Fracture Hardness Chemical Use of the Blow-Pipe Action of Acids &c The principal simple Minerals are next separately con- sidered and the readiest mode of distinguishing them described The Course of instruction includes minute description of all the substances entering into the composition of Rocks and of those minerals which are also used in the Arts illustrah by an extensive collection of characteristic specimens and diagrams of the priucipal crystalline forms &c