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SCHOOL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Associate Professor Hoxton.

Adjunct Professor Sparrow.

Mr. Dingledine.

Mr. Emmett.

Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The general
entrance requirements, which, for this School, must include
Mathematics D1 and D2. Students taking the special course preparatory
to medicine need satisfy only the entrance requirements
for the Department of Medicine (p. 216).

All students taking laboratory work in Physics are required to
pay, in addition to the regular tuition-fee, a laboratory fee of $5 for
each course.

For Undergraduates.

Physics B1: General Physics.—This course includes elementary
Mechanics, Sound, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism, and Light. Instruction
is given by text-books and lectures accompanied by experimental
demonstrations. In addition, recitations, solution of illustrative
problems, and written reports upon quantitative laboratory work
done by the student are required. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12. Laboratory: Monday,
Wednesday, Friday; Section I, 9-11, Section II, 3-5. Rouss Physical

Laboratory. Associate Professor Hoxton, Adjunct Professor Sparrow,
Mr. Dingledine, Mr. Emmett.

Special Preparatory Course for Medicine. Students taking this
course attend the lectures of Course B1, but the work done in the
laboratory, in recitations, and in examinations is made more elementary
in order to adapt it to students having the minimum preparation
prescribed by the Department of Medicine. The number of
hours spent in laboratory work is smaller, but more time is given
to recitations. Only students preparing to enter the Department of
Medicine will be permitted to take this course, and no B. A. or B.
S. credit will be allowed on it. Hours same as for Course B1.

Physics B2: General Physics, Selected Topics. Physics B1, and
Mathematics A1 or A2 or their equivalent prerequisite.—The work in
the class room will emphasize the great general principles of dynamics
and their application to physical problems, special attention being
given to the properties of matter. The lectures will also be coördinated
with the laboratory work in developing the basic principles of
accurate measurement. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10. Laboratory: Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, 10-12. Rouss Physical Laboratory. Adjunct Professor
Sparrow.

For Graduates and Undergraduates.

Physics C1: Electricity and Optics. Physics B1, with the addition
of either Physics B2, Mathematics B2, B3 or the equivalent of these
courses prerequisite.—Electricity is given during the first half-year,
Optics during the second. The elements of the mathematical theory
and outlines of some of the modern conceptions of physics connected
particularly with these subjects are presented in the lectures. In the
laboratory, especial attention is paid to methods of measurement,
supplemented, however, by first-hand experimental studies of important
phenomena and principles. Laboratory work, four to six
hours per week. Hours by appointment. Rouss Physical Laboratory.
Associate Professor Hoxton.

Primarily for Graduates.

Physics D1 and D2: The work of these courses is of an advanced
type, designed to bring the student into touch with modern
methods of physical research. With this end in view the contents
of the courses will be varied from year to year, ranging over the
more important fields of physics in a cycle of about three years.

The formal preparation necessary for these courses will vary
somewhat with the nature of the subjects treated. What is necessary
is a certain maturity of mind with reference to the subject.

The student who has not had training in mathematics equivalent to
Course C1 will probably be unable to follow with profit any D course
dealing with the mathematical side of physics, while the student
who has not had the equivalent of the corresponding C course in
physics, will be unable to pursue a D course dealing with the experimental
side. For the session of 1913-1914 courses will be offered
in Advanced Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory, and in
Electromagnetic Theory. Hours by appointment. Associate Professor
Hoxton, Adjunct Professor Sparrow.

The Rouss Physical Laboratory is a commodious building, specially
designed for and devoted to the work in physics. The building
throughout is characterized by structural stability. The rooms
are abundantly lighted, while some may be darkened at will. There
is a general distribution of water over the building, while all the
rooms are supplied with steam heat, gas, and electricity.

The equipment includes an exceptionally rich set of demonstration
apparatus, and a good stock of apparatus for elementary laboratory
instruction. In addition to this there is a special line of electrical
and optical instruments, a 21½ foot concave grating with Rowland
mounting, photographic dark room, liquid air plant, and storage
battery, and a machine shop for the repair and construction of physical
instruments. For advanced work in some lines the facilities offered
are excellent.

For summer-school courses in Physics, on which college credit
will be allowed, see p. 293.