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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1892. 



THE LONDON UNIVERSITY OF THE FUTURE. 



AMONG the many points discussed in relation to 

 the schemes for providing London with a Uni- 

 versity which have been under consideration during 

 the last few years, scarcely any reference has been 

 made to the higher teaching which ought to be at the dis- 

 posal of the citizens of the most important and largest city 

 in the world. Attention has been almost exclusively di- 

 rected to the class teaching necessary to pass certain exami- 

 nations which open the door to professional employment. 



It is not necessary to enlarge upon this remarkable 

 omission, although the reason for it is not far to seek, 

 but we think it may be desirable, in order to show that such 

 teaching is not Utopian, and that other nations freely pro- 

 vide what is so conspicuous by its absence in London, 

 to give an indication of the quantity and quality of the 

 teaching in the metropolis nearest our own. 



The indications, to be exhaustive, would occupy several 

 pages of Nature, we must perforce content ourselves 

 by giving the courses open to the citizens of Paris at the 

 Sorbonne and the College de France. 



The question does not concern science alone. We have 

 not, therefore, limited ourselves to the scientific subjects ; 

 and it will be understood that, besides the undergraduate 

 and graduate courses, there are special courses connected 

 with the many other institutions in Paris allied either 

 with the various professions directly, or with the national 

 culture generally. 



Among the former we may content ourselves at present 

 with referring to the Ecole Normal and the Ecole Polytech- 

 nique ; amonsr the latter are the Museums of Natural 

 History, of Physical Science, of Antiquities, Art and 

 Archaeology, each of these with lectures on the subjects 

 which are illustrated by their contents. 



We shall, if possible, take a subsequent opportunity of 

 giving lists of these special courses, but the lectures at the 

 University and College alone exhaust our space for this 

 week. Comment on the breadth of the teaching and of 

 the men to whom it is confided in Paris, and on the 

 absence of anything approaching it here, is needless. 



Sorbonne : Faculty of Sciences. 

 \%<)2— Second Scholastic Term. 



I 



/I 8. 

 I 8. 



I 9 

 10. 



30j Mechanics. Dynamics of Systems 



45j Lectures on General Geology 



Lectures on Chemistry : Manipu- 

 lations for the Licentiate 



15 Higher Algebra : Theory of Eu- 

 ler's Integrals and Functions of 

 a Variable 



30 Organic Chemistry : Compounds 

 of the Aromatic Series 



2 Lectures on Mathematical Sciences 



3 Geology : Principal Characters of 

 Geological Periods ; Geological 

 Formations 



3 Lectures on Mechanics and Astro- 

 I nomy 



3.45 Analytical Chemistry : Determina- 

 tion and Separation of Metals... 



4 i Lectures on Physical Sciences : 



Questions on the Subjects of 

 I Prof. Lippmann's Cours 



Appell. 

 Velain. 



Riban. 



Hermite. 



Friedel. 

 Blutel. 



Munier-Chalma 



Puiseux. 



Riban. 



I 



Foussereau. 



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Lectures on Physical Sciences. 

 Thermodynamics 



Differential and Integral Calculus, 

 &c 



Lectures on Natural Science: 

 Identification of Rocks and 

 the Principal Characteristic 

 Fossils 



Lectures on Chemistry: Manipu- 

 lations for the Licentiate 



Lectures on Natural Science 



Calculus of Probabilities and 

 Mathematical Physics : Theory 

 of Vortices. Hydrodynamics : 

 Application to Electrodynamics 



Chemistry Lectures and Mani- 

 pulations for Professors of Col- 

 leges 



Lectures on Physical Sciences : 

 Reflection and Refraction of 

 Light 



Lectures on Mathematical Sciences 

 as a Whole 

 Do. do. do. do. 



Mineralogy and Crystallography, 

 &c. 



Lectures on Physical Sciences ... 



Lectures on Chemical Sciences ... 



Pellat. 

 Picard. 



Velain. 



Riban. 

 Chatin. 



Poincare. 

 Riban. 



Foussereau. 



Koenigs. 

 jKoenigs. 



Hautefeuille. 

 I Pellat. 

 Ijoly. 



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