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NATURE 



{Sept. 1 8, 1879 



CITY and GUILDS of LONDON INSTI- 

 TUTE for the ADVANCEMENT of 

 TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 



COWPER STREET SCHOOLS TECHNICAL CLASSES. 



Lecturers are required for the classes in Technical Chemistry and Techni- 

 cal Physics established in the Middle Class Schools, Cowper Street, Finsbury, 

 by the City and Guilds Institute. Two Lecturers will be appointed, one in 

 each department. Each Lecturer will' be required to deliver six courses of 

 twelve lectures each during the year, the first course to commence in October 

 next. The Lectures must deal with the applications of Science to the Arts 

 and Manufactures, and must be of a character suitable to Artisans and 

 Apprentices. Candidates should send in their applications by the 27th instant, 

 accompanied by Testimonials and a general Syllabus of the Lectures they 

 would be prepared to deliver, and a statement of their TermSj to the Hon. 

 Secretary of the Institute, Drapers' Hall, E.C. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



The WINTER SESSION begins October ist. The Hospital has a 

 service of 710 beds (including 30 at Highgate for convalescents). 



Students can reside within the Hospital walls, subject to College regu- 

 lations. 



For particulars apply, personally or by letter, to the Warden of the Col- 

 lege, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, E.C. 



A Handbook forwarded on application. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS.^ 



Three Open Scholarships will be offered for competition on September 25th. 

 Candidates must be under twenty-five years of age, and not have entered to 

 the medical or surgical practice of any metropolitan medical school. 



Two in Science, of the value of ;J 130 (one limited to Candidates under 

 twenty years of age). Subjects : Botany, Zoology-, Physics, Chemistry, 



One, of the value of £,^0, in Latin, JNIathematics, and French, German, or 

 Greek, at the option of the Candidate, not more than one to be taken by any 

 Candidate. 



For particulars and papers of former examinations apply, personally or 

 by letter, to the Warden of the College, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smith- 

 field, E.C. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



CLASSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MATRICULA- 

 TION EXAMINATION. 

 A Class is held from October 8th for the January Examination. Fee 

 (including all subjects), ;^ 10 los. 



PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION. 

 A Class in all the subjects of this Examination, including practical work 

 is held from January to July. Fee to Students of the Hospital, ;CS 85.; to 

 others, ;^io 10.J. (including chemicals). 



, FIRST M.B. EXAMINATION. 

 A Class is held from January to July. Fee, £^ -js. 

 All these Clashes are open to Students of the Hospital and to others. 

 For particulars apply to the Warden of the College of St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital, Smithfield, E.C. 



ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES. 



DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART. 



During the Twenty-nir-th Session, 1879-80, which will commence on the 

 1st of October, the following COURSES of LECTURES and PRACTI- 

 CAL DEMONSTRATIONS will be given:— 



1. Chemistry. By E. Frankland, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



2. Metallurgy. By John Percy, M.D., F.R.S. 



3. Biology. ByT. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S. 



4. Mineralogy. \ By Warington W. Smyth, M.A., F.R.S., 



5. Mining. j Chairman. 



6. Geology. By John W. Judd, F.R. S. 



7. Applied Mechanic?. By T. RI. Goodeve, M.A. 



8. Physics. By Frederick Gulhrie, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



g. Mechanical Drawing. By Rev. J. H. Edgar, M.A. 



The Lecture Fees for Students desirous of becoming Associates are £-^o 

 in one sum, on entrance, or two annual payments of iC^o, exclusive of the 

 Laboratories. 



Tickets to separate Courses of Lectures are issued at ^^3 and £,J^ each. 



Officers in the Queen's Service, Her Majesty's Consuls, Acting Mining 

 Agents and Managers, may obtain Tickets at reduced prices. 



Science Teachers are also admitted to the Lectures at reduced fees. 



For Particulars (free) or for Official Prospectus (price td., by post jd.) 

 apply to the Registrar, Royal School of Mines, Jermyn Street, London, 

 S.W. 



F. W. RUDLER, Registrar. 



The POST of SENIOR MASTER in PHY- 



SICAL SCIENCE at Clifton College, Bristol, is VACANT, owing to 

 Dr. Macgregor's acceptance of a Professorship. — Apply to the Head- 

 Master, giving particulars and references. 



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LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 



THOMAS BOLTON, MICROSCOPIST'S and NATURALIST'S 

 STUDIO, 17, ANN STREET. BIRMINGHAM. 



T. B. has last' week posted to his subscribers specimens of 6'/iiv7crj'j/fl//m«J, 

 with sketch and description. He has also sent out Brnchionia utxeolaris , 

 Ophryfiium sessilis, Plumatella repens, Fredericella sultana. Glass larvae 

 {Corethra phnnicorm's, Volzox globator, &c. 



Weekly announcements will be made iu this place of organisms T. B. 

 is supplymg. 



Specimen Tufce, One Shilling, post-free, 



Twenty-six Tiihes in course 0/ Six Mo}iths for Subscripiion cf £1 is. 



Price List of Specimens on application, with stamped addressed envelope. 



Portfolio of Drawings, One Shilling. 



MATRICULATION of the UNIVERSITY 

 OF LONDON. 



JANUARY, 1880. 



A Class in all the subjects of this Examination will be held at Guy's Hos- 

 pital commencing MONDAY, October 13. The Class is not confined to 

 Students of the Hospital. 



For particulars apply to the Dean, Guy's Hospital, I>ondon, S.E, 



OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER.^ 



Principal-J. G. GREENWOOD, LL.D. 



Dean of the Medical School-PRGF. GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S. 



WINTER SESSION. 



Physiology and Histology— Arthur Gamgee. M.D., F.R.S. 



Anatomy, Descriptive and Practical — Morrison Watson, M.D. 



F.R.S.E. 



Compaeative Anato.mv — A. Milnes Marshall, M.A., D.Sc 



, CrUtMlSTKY — Henry E. Rcscoe, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Organic Chemistry— C. Schorlemmer, F.R.S. 



Clinical Medicine— Wilham Roberts, M.D., F.R.S, 



Principles and Practice of Medicine — J. E, Morgan, M.D., M.A. 



SuRGEKY — Edward Lund, F.R.C.S. 



Practical Surgery — Samuel M. Bradley, F.R.C.S. 



General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy.— Henry Simpson, MD. ; 



Julius Dre=chfeld, M.D. 



Hospital Instruction — The Physicians to the Royal Infirmary; 



the Surgeons to the Royal Infirmary. 



SUMMER SESSION. 



Practical Physiology and Histology — Arthur Gamgee, M.D., F.R.S. 



Midwifery and Diseases of Wo.men and Children— John Thorburn. 



M.D. 



Materia Medica and Therapeutics— Alexander Somers, M.R.C.S ; 



Daniel John Leech, M.D. 



Hygiene and Public Health— Arthur Ransome, M.D.. M.A. 



Medical Jurisprudence— Charles J. CulHngworth, M.R.C.P. & S. 



Practical Morbid Histology— Julius Dreschfeld, M.D. 



Ophthalmology— David Little, M.D. 



Practical Chemistry — Henry E. Roscoe, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Botany— W. C. Williamson, F.R.S. 



Demonstrators in Anatomy — Alexander Fraser, M.B. Henry S. 



Branfoot, M.B. 



Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Biology — Marcus It. 



Hartog, M.A., B.Sc. 



The Lectures in Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry are recognised by 

 the University of Edinburgh, and attendance upon any two of these Covrsef 

 for six months will count as one of the Winter Sessions required by tho 

 University for the M.B. degree. 



The next Session will commence on the ist October. 



Prospectuses may be obtained from Mr. Cornish and ether booksellers ia 

 Manchester, and by application to the Registrar. 



J. HOLME NICHOLSON, Registrar. 



THE MIDDLESEX~HOSPITAL^ 



The WINTER SESSION will] open on WEDNESDAY, October ist, 

 with an Introductory Address at 3 P.M. by Dr. Sidney Coupland, 



The Medical School attached to the Hospital provides the most comjilete 

 means forthe education of Students preprj-ing for the University of London, 

 the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Society of Apothecaries;. 



Two Entrance Scholarships of the annual value of £25 and ;£2o, tenable 

 for two years, will be competed for on September 29th and following days. 



Further Information may be obtained from the Dean or the Resident 

 Medical Officer at the Hospital. 



ANDREW CLARK, Dean. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 



SESSION 1S79-80. 



The SESSION of the Faculties of Medicine, of Arts and Laws, and of \ 

 Science, will begin on OCTOBER 1st. Ihstruction is provided for WomeaJ 

 in all subjects taught in the Faculties of Arts and Laws and of Science. 



The School for Boys between the ages of Seven and Sixteen will reop 

 en September 23rd. 



Prospectuses and Copies of the Regulations relating to the Entrance ao 

 ether Exhibitions, Scholarships, &c. (value about ;£ 2, 000), maybe obtainO 

 from the CoUegCj Gower Street, W.C. 



The Examinations for the Entrance Exhibitions will be held on the 25! 

 and 26th of September. 



The College Is close to the Gower Street Station of the MetropoHU 

 Railway, 



TALFOURD ELY, M.A-, Secretary. 



