CONTENTS. Xiii 



extensive inquiry in Physical Science. Dr. Young's success 

 mainly attributable to his uniting classical with scientific 

 knowledge. Tardiness and comparative indecision, in some 

 of its earlier stages, of the deciphering of the cuiu-itorm 

 inscriptions of Persepolis. The decipherers of the Persepo- 

 litan characters possessed of learning, but not of science, p. 60 



Utility of academical education in preparing the mind for the 

 study of the physical sciences. Mr. Conybeare's re-marks 

 on the subject. Causes of that utility. Advancement of 

 Geology by the students of the Universities of Oxford and 

 Cambridge. Researches of Professors Buckland, Daubeny, 

 and Sedgwick. Inference respecting the successive changes 

 of surface undergone by the globe, deducible from the re- 

 searches of Prof. Sedgwick, and of Messrs. Murchison and 

 Lyell p. 78 



6. SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES PUR- 

 SUED AT HAZELWOOD AND BRUCE CASTLE. 



Course of Instruction in the Physical Sciences. Methods of 

 Instruction. Lectures. Arrangements for their delivery. 

 Lectures on Geology, Meteorites, and Zoology. . . . p. 80 



Lectures on Chemistry. Syllabus of a Course of Lectures de- 

 livered at the Schools, on the Supporters of Combustion and 

 the Simple Combustible Substances. Oxygen. Note on the 

 propriety of abstaining from experiments on living animals 

 in the instruction of youth. Composition of atmospheric 

 air. Azote. Difference between mixture and combination. 

 Note on the arrangement of this Course. Chlorine. Note 

 on attention to atomic theory in teaching Chemistry. Iodine. 

 Bromine. Carbonic acid gas. Chemical History of Re- 

 spiration. Simple Non-metallic Combustibles. Hydrogen. 

 Sulphur. Phosphorus. Carbon p. 84 



Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Vegetable and Animal 

 Chemistry. Sugar. Process of refining that substance. 

 Different varieties of Sugar. Note on the various modes of 

 existence of Chemical compounds in the various groups of 

 Animals and Plants. Chemical composition of Sugar. 

 Chemical history of Starch. Note on the production of 

 the columnar structure by the Contraction consequent on 

 Desiccation. Chemical history of Germination. Chemical 

 history of Malting. Properties of Alcohol or Pure Spirits 

 of Wine. Chemical history of Vinegar. Production of 

 Vinegar from Wood, and the Chemical composition of those 

 substances compared. Note on atomic constitution of 

 Lignin. Lectures on Animal Chemistry. Chemical history 

 of Ammonia. Composition of Animal Substances. Note 

 on that subject. Physiological and Chemical history of thr 

 Blood. Albumen. Respiration . p. 06 



