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applied sciences 109 Students of this Department have additional opportu- nities of studying Chemistry by entering extra for the Class of Experimental and Analytical Chemistry See pp 137 and 155 Mineralogy With view to facilitate the study of Geology and of the Application of Mineral Substances in the Arts Hour Wednesday and Friday 9-10 in Michaelmas Term 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 illustrated by an extensive collection of characteristic specimens and diagrams of the principal crystalline forms &c XI Geology and Mining Hour 9-10 on Wednesday and Friday Lent Term -Descriptive Geology Easier Term -practical Geology in its application to Mining Engineering Architecture and Agriculture The Lectures delivered on the subject of Geology are in- tended to have especial reference to the important practical applications of that Science to Engineering Mining Architec- ture and Agriculture In order more fully to exemplify the applications of the Science the Professor accompanies his Class to various Mu- seums in London including the Museum of Practical Geology and the British Museum also on excursions into the Country in which the actual field-work of the Geologist is explained and illustrated There is an Examination at the close of the Course by which the progress of the Students is tested Museum is in course of formation and already possesses many very interesting and instructive series of specimens