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A.—Lectures.

In connection with this course there is but one class, the students
attending which hear three lectures each week throughout the
session.

Amongst the more prominent subjects discussed are: The production
of Materials of very general application, including the
Metallurgy of Iron, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tin, Silver, Gold, &c.,
the preparation and properties of Alloys, and the processes of
Electro-Metallurgy, the manufacture upon the large scale of
Acids, Alkalies, Salts, Glass and Porcelain; the production and
preservation of Food, including the Chemistry of Agriculture, the
processes of Bread Making, Wine Making, Brewing and Distilling,
the manufacture of Sugar and Vinegar, the curing of Meat, the
examination of Potable Water, &c.; Chemical arts relating to
Clothing, such as Bleaching, Dyeing, Calico Printing, Tanning
and the preparation of Indian Rubber; the Chemistry of those arts
which afford us Shelter, embracing the examination of Building
Materials, Lime Burning, the manufacture of Mortar and Cements
the Explosive Agents used in blasting, as Gunpowder, Gun
Cotton, Nitro-Glycerine, &c., Paints and Varnishes, Disinfecting
Materials, &c.; Heating and Ventilation, the different kinds of
Fuel and modes of Burning them; Illumination by artificial
means, Candles, Lamps, the preparation of Petroleum, the manufacture
of Illuminating Gas, Matches; the Chemistry of Washing,
the preparation of Soap, Starch and Perfumes; the Chemical

relations of Printing and Writing, the manufacture of Paper, Ink,
Artists' Colors, Photographic Materials, &c.

The lectures are illustrated by suitable experiments, and by such
specimens, models, drawings, &c., as the various subjects require.
Amongst books which can be usefully referred to in connection with
different parts of this course may be mentioned: Muspratt—Chemistry
as Applied to Arts and Manufactures; Richardson and Watts—
Chemical Technology; Ure—Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures;
Dumas—Traite de Chimie Appliquée aux Arts; Wagner—Die
Chemische Technologie; Johnston—Agricultural Chemistry.