Calendar: 1898-1899 Page 195

faculty of science 191 ן METALLURGICAL LABORATORY The Laboratory is open every day from 10 to except on Saturdays when it closes at o'clock The instruction given to each person in the Laboratory is regulated entirely by his special requirements Third-year Matriculated Students joining the Division of Metallurgy follow the Course laid down in the Time Table Particular attention is given to the following subjects The methods of Assaying by fire the ores of Gold Silver Lead Iron Copper Tin &c The Assay of Bullion The Amalgamation of Gold and Silver Ores Cyaniding and Chlorination The Analysis of Solid and Gaseous Fuels Furnace Gases &c Calorimetry and Pyrometry Methods of determining the practical value of any given Fuel The wet Assay of Iron Copper Silver Nickel &c The complete Analysis of Mineral Substances Slags &c The Study of the Materials used for Pottery Glass Enamels &c Extraction and Manufacturing Processes The Properties of Metals -The Properties of Metals are examined by means of testing machinery &c and the composition of the metals carefully ascertained Note The Properties of Metals are modified according to the nature and the quantity of the so-called impurities they contain The quality of metal also varies with the process by which it has been extracted from its ore and the kind of mechanical treatment to which it has been subsequently subjected