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SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY.

Professor Stone.

Mr. Wunder.

Mr. Gaver.

Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination, and Course 1A in the School of Mathematics or
its equivalent.

For Undergraduates.

Course 1B: General Astronomy: Mathematics 1A prerequisite.—
In this course are given the fundamental principles and methods of
Theoretical and Practical Astronomy.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1. Cabell Hall.

Text-Books.—Young's General Astronomy.

For Graduates and Undergraduates.

Course 2C: Practical Astronomy: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Spherical Astronomy and theory of
astronomical instruments, with practical exercises in making and reducing
astronomical observations. Hours by appointment. McCormick Observatory.

Course 3C: Celestial Mechanics: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The principal subjects considered are
rectilinear motion, central forces, potential, problems of two, three and n
bodies, pertubations, determination of a preliminary orbit. Hours by
appointment. Cabell Hall.

Primarily for Graduates.

Course 4D: Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Course 2C prerequisite.—Determination
of the positions of the fixed stars, preparation
of star catalogues, statistical study of the structure of the sidereal universe.
Hours by appointment.

Course 5D: Theoria Motus: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B (or
its equivalent) prerequisite.—Determination of the position of an undisturbed
body from known elements, determination of the elements of an
undisturbed orbit, theory of special perturbations. Hours by appointment.

Course 6D: Celestial Mechanics: Course 3C prerequisite.—Problem
of three bodies, and theory of general perturbations. Hours by appointment.

For information in regard to Fellowships in Astronomy, application
should be made to the Professor in charge of the School.

The Astronomical Observatory is situated upon an elevation known
as Mount Jefferson, which furnishes an unobstructed horizon. The principal
building is a rotunda forty-five feet in diameter, and contains the
great Clark refractor of twenty-six inches aperture. The building and
instrument are the gift of Leander J. McCormick, Esq., of Chicago. The
computing rooms are adjoining, and contain clock, chronograph, etc., and
a working library. In a smaller building are a three-inch transit and a
six-inch equatorial.

A temporary Students' Observatory, erected in the rear of Dawson's
Row, is intended more especially for the use of students in Course 1B.