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The complete Course of Instruction in the Physical Sciences 

 is designed to consist of the following departments ; which will 

 be taught nearly in the order in which they are here enume- 

 rated : 



CHEMISTRY, Inorganic and Organic, 

 Heat, 

 Electricity, 

 Electrochemistry. 

 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, 

 Light: Optics, 

 Acoustics, 

 Pneumatics, 

 Hydrostatics, 

 Mechanics. 

 NATURAL HISTORY, 

 Mineralogy, 

 Geology, 

 Meteorology, or the Natural History of 



the Atmosphere, 

 General Principles of Botany, 

 General Principles of Zoology. 

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

 MAGNETISM, 



Electromagnetism, 

 Thermomagnetism. 

 ASTRONOMY. 



Much time will necessarily elapse before a complete Course of 

 this description can be arranged for tuition ; and to what extent 

 the plan can be carried into effect, will depend in a great mea- 

 sure upon the degree of encouragement which the Conduc- 

 tors receive, in ascertaining how far the sentiments of the 

 public, with respect to the Department of Physical Science, 

 may be in unison with their own. Under any circumstances, 

 also, there will always be many pupils, who, from the limited 

 time they remain at School, or from the prescribed nature 

 of their studies, will be prevented from attending the entire 

 course. But such a Course is in progress, and selections will 

 from time to time be made from it, according to the exigencies 

 of the pupils, and the influence of those exigencies on the 

 general routine of the Schools. 



Hitherto the attention of the pupils, in this Department, has 

 been directed chiefly to Chemistry, and the rudiments of 

 Natural Philosophy; although Lectures, and Class-instruc- 

 tion to a limited extent, have also been given in some other 

 branches, as will presently be noticed. 



Two methods of instruction have been employed, in con- 



b 



