Calendar: 1859-1860 Page 100

100 APPLIED SCIENCES Thursdays at 11 30 the other to Students of the Second and Third Years on the same days at 10 15 First Year The subjects of the Lectures given to Students of the first year in the Michaelmas Term presuppose but little mathe- matical knowledge on the part of the pupil and are chiefly treated experimentally in the following order Michaelmas Term Properties of Matter -The Distinctive characters of Solids Liquids and Gases the Measure of Force the transmission of Force the principle of the Lever the principle of the Parallelogram of Forces the laws which govern the pressure of Fluids the estimation of Specific Gravity Hydrometers Heat Measurement of Heat Temperature Expan- sion Thermometers Equilibrium of Temperature Conduction Convection Radiation Heat of Composition Specific Heat Latent Heat Freezing Ebullition Evaporation Hygrometry Mechanical Powers -The Wheel and Axle Toothed Wheels the Pullies the Inclined Plane the Wedge the Screw Pneumatic and Hydraulic Machines and Instruments -The Barometer the Syphon the Air-Pump Elementary prin- ciples of the Steam Engine the Atmospheric Condensing and High-Pressure Engines Dynamics -The Laws of Motion the Laws of Falling Bodies Projectiles Centrifugal Force Principle of Work Statical Estimate of Work Dynamical Estimate of Work the AVork stored up in Rotating Body Lent and part of Easter Terms more detailed Mathematical Examination of the Propo- sitions discussed in the First Term with numerous Examples Theory of Equilibrium and of the Mechanical Powers the Laws of Friction Hydrostatic Pressure Conditions of Equi- librium of Floating Bodies Dynamics -The Motion of Body under the Action of Constant Force the Pendulum