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SCHOOL OF ANALYTICAL AND AGRICULTURAL
CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY.
Prof. Dunnington.
The regular work of this School, constituting a complete course in
Practical Chemistry, is arranged in two divisions, as follows:
I. A regularly arranged course in Chemical Manipulation is first
given. This is followed by Blowpipe Analysis and Fire Assays of ores
of lead, silver, and gold. A systematic course in Inorganic Qualitative
Analysis follows with practice in the analysis of mixtures of salts,
alloys, ores, and so on, and in Determinative Mineralogy. Instruction
in the elements of Quantitative Analysis completes this division of the
course.
II. The work of the second division is an extended course of Quantitative
Analysis, both gravimetric and volumetric. The student determines
the composition of ores, minerals, clays, soils, building stones,
manures, technical products, and so on.
As he advances in the course he is encouraged to undertake original
research and assisted in its prosecution; and in determining his fitness
for graduation, work of this sort is considered as having great weight.
Among the works recommended to laboratory students are: Fresenius's Qualitative an
Quantitative Analysis; Greville Williams's Handbook of Chemical Manipulation; Woehler's
Examples for Practice in Chemical Analysis; Von Kobell's Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Mine.
ralien (also in English translation); Odling's Practical Chemistry for Medical Students; A.
Classen's Elementary Quantitative Analysis.
Five lessons are given each week, and the Laboratory is open to
students six days in the week during all the working hours of the day.
Students may matriculate either for the Full Course or for the First
Course; but candidates for graduation are required to complete the
Full Course. Those who accomplish it are prepared for work as Analytical
Chemists, Assayers or Teachers of Chemistry.
In addition to the foregoing the following Special Courses are given
in this School. They are open without additional charge to the regular
students of the School. For fees to others see page 70.
1. A laboratory course of sixteen lessons on the Medical Applications
of Chemistry; the detection of poisons, the chemical and microscopical
examination of urine and blood, and so on.
2. A laboratory course of twelve lessons in Practical Pharmacy,
including the compounding and dispensing of drugs.
3. A lecture course of twenty-four lessons on Agricultural Chemistry,
including the chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere, of
soils and of plants; the chemistry of the processes of vegetable life;
the chemical composition and preparation of manures, and so on.
Text-books.—Johnston and Cameron's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology
(12th edition). For reference.—Johnson's How Crops Grow; Johnson's How Crops Feed
Lupton's Elementary Principles of Scientific Agriculture.
Special Courses 1 and 2 are of especial interest to students of Medicine
and Pharmacy. Special Course 3 is open free of charge to farmers
who are not students of the University.
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