Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 128
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128 applied sciences Sound -Production and Propagation of Sound Velocity of Transmission Reflection of Sound Pitch Vibrations of Strings Rods Plates Membranes Resonance Interference of Sound Singing Flames Electricity -Laws of Electrical Action Electrical Indue- tion Condensation Atmospheric Electricity Currents of Electricity Measurement of Quantities of Electricity Electra-motive Force Voltaic Batteries Intensity of Cur- rents The Electric Light Electro-magnetic Machines Induction by Currents and Magnets Magneto-Electricity Magnetism -The Loadstone Magnetic Induction Ter- restrial Magnetism Law of Magnetic Attractions and Repulsions Students of the Second and Third Years are recommended to read Tate's Mechanical Philosophy Twisden's Practical Mechanics Moseley's Principles of Civil Engineering Ran- kine's Applied Mechanics Fee for Occasional Students in Natural Philosophy 41 4s term or 10Λ 10i for three terms Practical Physics Third Year -Tuesday 10 30-12 Students who have completed six Terms in this Depart- ment are admitted to Course of Practical Physics and are taught to make experiments for themselves in certain branches of the followiug subjects -Mechanics Pneumatics Heat Light Electricity and Magnetism and to construct the more simple apparatus required for those experiments Other Students of this Department may be admitted to this Class on payment of the usual extra fee The following will he the subjects treated of The Use of the Barometer The Thermometer The Hygrometer Determination of Specific Gravities The Cathetometer
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