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VIII.—SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.
PROF. MAUPIN.
The course of lectures in this School commences with such an
exposition of the phenomena and laws of Heat, Light and Electricity,
as is rendered necessary by their relations to chemical
changes and chemical theories.
The subject of Chemistry proper, is then taken up and presented
in the following order:
1. The history of the Metalloids and their combinations with each
other, and, in connection therewith, the exposition of the principles
of the Chemical Nomenclature, Symbols and Notation.
2. The general principles of Chemical Philosophy—including the
Simple and Current Affinity, &c.
3. The Metals—their combinations with the Metalloids, and their
saline combinations.
4. Organic Chemistry—including the general principles of Organic
Analysis, and the detailed consideration of the series of Hydrocarbons,
Alcohols, Ethers, Organic Acids and Bases, &c.
The processes for detecting Poisons, and the means of counteracting
their effects, are presented in their proper connections; and
throughout the course the applications of the facts and principles of
Chemistry to Medicine, Agriculture and the Arts are duly noticed.
The whole subject is presented in the lights of the modern Theories
of the science, which have recently gained so strong a foothold
throughout the Chemical world—the object being to place the student
in a position not only to enter, understandingly, upon any of
the practical applications of the science to which his attention may
be turned, but to keep pace with its development and progress.
Text-Book.—Fownes' Chemistry, last edition.
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