Calendar: 1886-1887 Page 422

422 EVENING CLASSES Furnaces Cowper's Whitwell's and other Stoves for recovering the Waste Heat of Blast-furnace Gases Gas Stoves and domestic Heating Appliances XVI Calorimetry Pyrometry Analysis The general methods for determining experimentally the composition and Calorific power and intensity of Fuel and the quantity and nature of its Com- bustion products The Evaluation of and Reporting on Fuels XVII Refractory Materials used in Furnace Construction Clay Fire-clay Silica and Basic Bricks Linings of Oxide of Iron Chrome Iron Ore Slag &c 38 AGRICULTURE Day and Hour of Attendance-Friday from to Syllabus Soils -Composition and Properties of Soils-The Atmos- phere and Soil as Plant Food-Cultivation of the Soil- Improvement of the Soil Drainage Subsoiling &c Manures -Farmyard Manure and its Treatment-Artificial Manures their Composition and Profitable Application Crops -Chemistry and Physiology of Plant Life The Rotation and Treatment of our Principal Farm Crops-The Composition and Value of Agricultural Produce Live Stock -Chemistry and Physiology of Animal Life- The Rearing and Management of Live Stock-The Production of Animal Food-Dairy Management and Produce The Lectures will be especially adapted to prepare students for the Examinations of the Royal Agricultural Society and of the Surveyor's Institute This Course will begin on Monday October 11 and will consist of about Eighteen Lectures The Fee is £2 2$ payable in advance in the College Office