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1 applied sciences 175 This Course is intended to prepare Students for the Malri- culation and First Sc Examinations of the University of London as well as for the Indian Civil Engineering Service The Text-Books used in this part of the Course are Todhunter's Elementary Mechanics Hydrostatics Ganot's Physics Besant's Elementarv Subjects of Second and Third Years This course extends over two years but the first and second parts of the course are independent and may be attended separately theoretical Friction -Experimental Laws and Application to the Stabi lityot Structures Stability of Earthworks Friction of Axles The Crank Beam of Steam'Engine Toothed Wheels Resis- tance of Trains and the Efficiency of Machines if Mt Construction of Diagrams of Forces Calculation of the Pressure and Tensions oh the pieces of jointed Framework Strength and Stiffness of Frames Beams Axles &c Bending and Rupture of Beams Girders Rools and Bridges Constrained Motion -Pendulums Governors Energy of Moving Body Impact Moments of Inertia The Flywheel Heat -Communication of Heat Measurement of quan- tities 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- ment of Heat Changes of Condition Specific Latent Heat Conduction Convection Radiation Absorption