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EVENING CLASSES 241 Bisulphide of Carbon -Boron and Silicon -Their points of resemblance to Carbon Boracic Acid -Borax -Silicic Acid -Its vast importance in the Mineral World -Glass XV ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND OPTICS Properties of Matter-as being Divisible Porous Compressible Elastic Solids Liquids and Gases their distinctive characters II Heat-Measurement of Heat Temperature Expan- sion Thermometers Equilibrium of Tempera- ture Conduction Convection Radiation III Heat of Composition-Latent Heat on the Pheno- mena observed in the passage from Solid to Liquid state and the converse Vapour the re- lation between its Pressure Density and Tempe- rature Dew-point Hygrometers IV On Ebullition-the Conditions which influence the Boiling point of Liquid Steam its Pressure and Density at given temperatures Latent Heat of Steam Spheroidal state of Water produced by Heat The Production of Electricity-Electroscopes Elec- trical Hypotheses Induction the Electrical Machine Latent Electricity VI The Condenser the Electrophorous the Leyden Jar the distribution of Electricity various modes of Discharge Lightning Conductors VII Magnetism-Magnetic Induction Preparation of Magnets Magnetism of the Earth-Galvanic or Voltaic Electricity Simple Voltaic Circuit Action of the conducting Wire upon Magnetic Needle Galvanometer Effects produced by the conducting Wire VIII Simple and Compound Circuit-Batteries of Smee Grove Daniell Laws of Electrolysis Electro- typing Electroplating β