Calendar: 1872-1873 Page 137
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13c APPLIED SCIENCES 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- ment of Heat Changes of Condition Specific and Latent Heat Conduction Convection Radiation Absorption Light -Propagation of Light Intensity Velocity Re- flection and Refraction Composition of Light Spectrum Analysis Absorption Sources of Light Wave Theory Interference Double Refraction Polarization 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 Electro-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 Deschanel's Natural Philosophy The Physical Laboratory Third Year -Friday 10 20-11 40 Students who have completed six Terms in this Department are admitted to Course in the Physical Laboratory and are taught to make experiments for themselves in certain branches of the followiug subjects -Mechanics Pneumatics
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