 | University of Virginia record February, 1911 |  |
SCHOOL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Associate Professor Hoxton.
Adjunct Professor Guthrie.
Mr. Neff.
Mr. Diggs.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
entrance examination, which, for this School, must include Mathematics
D1 and D2.
For Undergraduates.
Course 1B: General Physics.—This course includes Elementary
Mechanics, Sound, Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. 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. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12. Laboratory: Monday,
Wednesday; Section I, 9-11, Section II, 12-2, Section III, 3-5. Recitation
and unfinished Laboratory-work, same hours on Friday. Rouss Physical
Laboratory, Associate Professor Hoxton, Adjunct Professor Guthrie,
Mr. Neff, Mr. Diggs.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Course 2C: Electricity and Magnetism: Course 1B and Mathematics
3B or 4B prerequisite.—The elements of the mathematical theory are developed,
however, with fundamental principles of 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 calling for the more exact measurement
of the chief physical quantities concerned. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
1-2. Laboratory, Monday, Tuesday, 10-12, or by appointment. Rouss
Physical Laboratory. Associate Professor Hoxton. Adjunct Professor
Guthrie.
Course 3C: Optics: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B prerequisite.—The
same general remarks apply to this as to Course 2C. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Hoxton.
Primarily for Graduates.
Course 4D: Spectroscopy: Course 3C prerequisite.—Theory and use of
the spectroscope and its application to physical and astronomical problems.
Hours by appointment. Adjunct Professor Guthrie.
[Only one of the courses 3C and 4D will be given in one session.]
A Laboratory Fee of five dollars is required for each course.
The Rouss Physical Laboratory was designed to meet the requirements
of practical physics. The building throughout is characterized by
structural stability. The student and other laboratory work rooms are
abundantly lighted, while some may be darkened at will. This is true
also of the main lecture room, whose single skylight is controlled from
the lecture table. 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 exercise.
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 building of physical apparatus. For advanced
practical work in some lines the facilities offered are exceptional.
| University of Virginia record February, 1911 | |