Calendar: 1962-1963 Page 441

lii ANNUAL REPORT In the Mechanical Engineering department research room has been equipped with apparatus for measuring noise from air jets An addi- tional air compressor with air drier and ancillary equipment has been installed to meet increasing demands for compressed air used in research work In the Civil Engineering department an extra-curricular course on the applications of electronic computing to civil engineering was conducted by Dr Jenkins and Mr Illston for senior students brief course in Traffic Engineering was also introduced C-PUBLIC LECTURES Michaelmas term 1960 -Public Lectures delivered during this term were as follows Faculty of Arts Passion and Magic in the י Celestina י by Professor Russell Scipio Aemilianus and his Greek friends by Professor Walbank Department of Portuguese Two Special University Lectures on Some aspects of 15th century Portuguese culture by Dr Carlos de Azevedo Department of Mathematics Three Special University Lectures on The role of characteristic classes in algebraic topology by Professor Hirzebruch University of Bonn Department of History Two Special University Lectures in War Studies on The military balance sheet of World War II by Captain Β Liddell Hart Department of Palaeography Three Special University Lectures on The cult of the autograph letter '1 by Mr Munby Department of Geology Three Special University Lectures on The German oilfields and their palaeogeographic conditions by Professor Bentz lent term 1961 -Public Lectures delivered during this term were as follows Faculty of Engineering The design and construction of the railroad fill across Great Salt Lake by Professor Casagrande University of Harvard Faculty of Laws General conditions of sale and standard forms of contract of the Economic Commission for Europe by Mr Benjamin Department of Pharmacology Special University Lecture on Acetylcholinesterase in synaptic and neuroeffector transmission by Professor Koelle University of Pennsylvania