Calendar: 1869-1870 Page 127
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APPLIED SCIENCES 127 Heat -Sources of Heat Conduction and Convection Specific and Latent Heat Expansion of Bodies The Thermometer Liquefaction Vaporization The Den-point Expansive Force of Vapours Radiation This Course is intended to prepare Students f0T the Matriculation and First Sc Examinations of the Uni- versity of London The Text-Books used in this part of the Course are Goodwin's Elementary Statics Goodwin's Elementary Dy- namics Besa u's Elementary Hydrostatics Ganot's Physics Subjects of Second and Third Years theoretical Friction -Experimental Laws and Application to the Sta- bility of Structures Stability of Earthworks Friction of Axles The Crank Beam of Steam Engine Toothed Wheels Resistance of Trains and the Efficiency of Ma- chines Strength Of Materials -Construction of Diagrams of Forces Calculation of the Pressure and Tensions on the pieces of jointed Framework Strength and Stiffness of Frames Beams Axles &c Bending and Rupture of Beams Girders Roofs and Bridges Constrained Motion -Pendulums Governors Energy of Moving Body Impact Moments of Inertia The Flywheel Heat -Communication of Heat Measurement of quan- titles of Heat Specific Heat Heat of Liquefaction and Vaporization Mechanical equivalent of Heat Conversion of Heat into Work The Steam Engine Optics -Reflection and Refraction at Plane and Spherical surfaces Mirrors Lenses Application of Reflectors and Lenses to Lighthouses The Telescope as used in Surveying Microscopes The Sextant The Theodolite experimental Heat -Laws of Heat Temperature Expansion Develop- nient of Heat Changes of Condition Specific and Latent Heat Conduction Convection Radiation Absorption
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