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230 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING of drop power factor and line characteristics-Systems of distribution and network calculations-Sub-stations-Switch gear-Protective systems-Lightning arresters and safety devices Utilisation Selection of motors load equalisation and speed control-Systems of charging for electric energy-Electric furnaces and electric welding-Electric heating-Electrical traction-Mechanics of train movement-Motors for continuous and alternating current- Series-parallel and multiple-unit systems-Electric braking including regenerative methods-Auxiliary electrical equipment-Photometry of electric lamps-Measurements of illumination-Types of lamps construction and features-Magnetic testing-Iron losses-Thermal and thermo-electric devices-High-frequency circuits and measure- ments-High-tension testing and measurements GEOLOGY Intermediate Course Yj -Physical Geology Two lectures per week First part of Session The Earth as Planet-Its larger surface features-Atmospheric agents and their effects-Action of surface and underground waters and of ice-The Ocean its movements and work-Distribution of temperature and pressure in the Earth and its density-The internal forces and their effects Subsidence and Elevation Volcanoes and Earthquakes-The nature modes of formation and occurrence of Aqueous Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks-Structural Geology The characters and relations of rock-masses-Features produced by Denudation Ys -Stratigraphical and Economic Geology Two lectures per week Latter part of Session Stratigraphy of the British Isles with special reference to the economic aspects of the subject-Elementary Economio Geology -Laboratory Work One half-day per week Physical Geology -Interpretation of simple geological maps by description and by the drawing of sections Mineralogy and Petrology -Description and identification of common rock-forming minerals and of the principal varieties of rocks-Study of the chief types of rocks in thin seotions under the microscope Pala ontology -Identification of common fossils and recognition of their stratigraphical horizon