Calendar: 1866-1867 Page 274

EVENING CLASSES XX EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS Day and Hour of Attendance-Wednesday from to The Course for 1866-7 will treat of Heat and Light General effects of Heat on Solids and Liquids Linear and Cubical Expansion of Solids Pyrometers Apparent and Absolute Expansion of Liquids Exceptions to the general law of Expansion by Heat II Expansion of Gases Cooling of Gases by Expan- sion Heat developed by Compression The Thermo-Electric Pile and Galvanometer employed to show changes of temperature Dynamical Theory of Gases III Changes of Condition Laws of Fusion Solidifica- tion Change of the temperature of the Fusing- point under different circumstances Heat con- sumed during Liquefaction Liquefaction of Ice by Pressure Regelation The Formation of Glaciers IV Formation aud Properties of Vapours Elastic Force of Vapours Cold produced by Evaporation The Dew-point Laws of Ebullition Condensation of Gases and Vapours Latent Heat Dynamical Theory of Heat Heat necessary for the production of Steam Separation of Water into its constituents by Heat Spheroidal condi- tion of Liquids produced by Heat VI Specific Heat Methods of measuring the specific heat of Bodies High specific heat of Water Specific heat of Metals Conversion of Heat into Work and of Work into Heat Mechanical equi- valent of Heat The Steam Engine