Calendar: 1865-1866 Page 290

EVENING CLASSES II Functions of the Reproductive Organs -Functions of the Calyx and Corolla-Fertilization-Hybridization-Ger- ruination-Vitality and Dispersion of Seeds BOOK RECOMMENDED Bentley's Manual of Botany XIX EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS Day and Hour of Attendance-Wednesday from to The Course for 1865-6 will treat of Gravitation Molecular Attraction Elastic Fluids and Sound On the application of Experiment and Theory to the investigation of Nature Gravitation Discoveries of Kepler and Newton Cavendish's Experiment Effects of the Attraction of the Earth on Solids and Fluids II The Principles of Fluids Pressure of Fluids on Sur- faces Transmission of Pressure Equilibrium of Floating Bodies The Hydrostatic Balance Hy- drometers Specific Gravities III Various methods of determining the Force of Gravity The Inclined Plane Deflection of the Plumb-line Attwood's Machine The Simple Pendulum IV Curvilinear Motion The Conical Pendulum Com- pound Pendulums The Ballistic Pendulum Ex- perimental proof of the rotation of the Earth on its axis The Balance Wheel The Gyroscope Rotating Fluids Form of the Earth Effect of the rotation of the Earth on the stability of its axis and on the force of Gravity Laplace's Theory of the Uni- verse VI Molecular Attraction Cohesion Affinity Adhe- sion Capillary Attraction Diffusion and Absorp- tion