JUNIOR CLASS.
1. General or Rational Mechanics,—including Statics and Dynamics,
or the doctrines of Equilibrium and Motion.
2. Mechanics of Solids.—Molecular Structure, Elements of
Machinery, Friction, Strength of Materials, Roofs, Bridges, &c.
3. Mechanics of Liquids.—Structure, Laws of Equilibrium
and Pressure, Flotation, Specific Gravity, Motion in Pipes, Canals
and Rivers, Resistance, Model of Ship, &c.
4. Mechanics of Airs.—Structure, Elasticity, &c. , the Barometer
Pump, &c. , Resistance of Air, Endosmose and Capillarity.
5. Acoustics.—Mechanism of Waves, Sound-waves, Propagation
and Reflection, Musical Sounds, Scales, Speech and Hearing.
6. Thermotics.—Temperature, Expansion, Latent and Specific
Heat, Motion of Heat, Melloni's Laws, Vapours, &c.
7. Electricity, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, &c. —Electrotype,
Telegraph, &c.
8. Optics.—Propagation, Reflection, Refraction of Light; Chromatics,
Polarization; Theories, Instruments, the Eye.
9. Meteorology.—The Winds, Revolving Storms, Rain, Dew,
&c. ; Laws of Climate, Outline of Physical Geography.
