 | The University of Virginia record February, 1908 |  |
SCHOOL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Adj. Prof. Hoxton.
Mr. Clo.
Mr. Butler.
Mr. Reeves.
Mr. West.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: See p. 78.
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1B: Experimental Physics.—This course is intended to
include Elementary Mechanics, Sound, Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism.
Instruction is given by lectures and text-books, with illustrative
experiments and numerical problems. The student is expected to spend
from five to six hours a week in the laboratory, performing simple quantitative
experiments, of which written reports are to be submitted.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 2C: Electricity and Magnetism: Course 1B and Mathematics
2B prerequisite.—The elements of the mathematical theory are
developed, making free use of the methods of the calculus, beginning,
however, with fundamental principles the subject. Laboratory work more
advanced than that in Course 1B will be required, occupying the student
from four to six hours a week, and aiming at the more exact measurement
of the chief physical quantities here dealt with.
Course 3C: Optics: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B prerequisite.—
The same general remarks apply to this as to Course 2C.
The Rouss Physical Laboratory.
This building is now completed and occupied. The equipment is such
as to offer unusual facilities in several directions for both elementary and
advanced practical work. The working rooms are remarkable for stability,
light, and uniformity of temperature. Electricity, gas, and water, as well
as steam heat, are supplied to each of them. The structure was specially
designed to meet the requirements of Practical Physics, and is convenient
within, while it is sightly without.
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