NATURE 



[OCTOISER I, 1896 



DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART. 



ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 



FOR IRELAND. 



The next Session will Commence on OCTOBER 6. 



The Diplomn of Associate is given in the Faculties of I. Manufactures 

 (Chemical); II. Engineering; III. Mining; IV. Applied Physics (for 

 Electrical Engineers, &c.) ; and V. Natural Science. 



Two Royal Scholarships of .£50 per annum, with Free Admission to the 

 Courses, are competed for each year, by first-year Students. 



The Courses of Chemistry, Phj;sics, Botany, Zoology, Geology, and 

 Mineralogy qualify for the Examinations at the R.U.I, and elsewhere ; 

 Certificates are granted to Medical and other Students attending the Courses 

 and Laboratories. 



Special Courses to suit individual Students, and Research Work in all 

 subjects. 



Chemical, Physical, Botanical, Zoological, Geological, and Mineralogical 

 Laboratories, open for Practical Work. 



PROFESSORS : 



Mining AND Mineralogy J. P. O'REILLY, CE., M.R.I. A. 



o f W. F. BARRETT, F.R.S.E. 



^"''Sics { M.R.I.A. 



W. N. HARTLEY, F.R.S., F.C.S., 

 F.R.S.E. 



Chemisi 



ZOOLOGV 



Botany 



f A. C. HADDON, M.A., M.R.I.A., 



I F.Z.S. 



t T. JOHNSON, D.Sc, F.L.S 



I M.R.I.A. 



Geology J. A. J. COLE, M.R.I.A., F.G.S. 



Applied Mechanics and Me- 1 w M„p qRR M A 



chanism J ■ ■ ) • • 



Descriptive Geometry and \ , lyON M \ 



Engineering i -*' ' 



Fees for Associate Students, from £\o to ^^■zi per Session, according to 

 Faculty and year. 



Non-Associate Students' Fees for Lectures, £1-2 per Session (except Mathe- 

 matics, £,-^ ; Laboratory Fees, from £^1 upwards. 

 All the Courses are open to Ladies. 



Directory of the College, with List of Fees and all other information, on 

 application, personally or by letter. 



Note. — Entrance E.xaminations for intending Associates will be held on 

 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6. Subjects :— Mathematics and Elementary 

 Practical Geometr>'. 



G. T. PLUNKETT, Lt.-Colonel (late R.E.), Director, 



KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. 



BACTERIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 

 Director — Professor Crookshank. 

 Demonstrator— Dr. Newman, D.P.H. 

 The Laboratory will Re-open on October i. 



DIPLOMA OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 

 The Course for the D.P.H. Exam, will commence on October 5. 



PRACTICAL COURSE OF ONE MONTH. 

 A Course for Medical and Veterinary Practitioners, Analysts, and Science 

 Students, will also commence on October 5. 



EVENING CLASS. 

 A Practical Course will commence on October 12, from 7 to 9 p.m., subject 

 to an arrangement with the Demonstrator. 



BACTERIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS. 

 The Analytical Section is under the charge of Dr. Newman. Bacterio- 

 logical Examination of Water, Milk, &c.. and the investigation of Outbreaks 

 o( Infectious Diseases, will be undertaken for County Councils and other 

 Sanitary Authorities. 



ORIGINAL RESEARCH. 

 The Laboratory is open daily from 10 to 5. 



For Fees and full particulars of all Classes, apply for Syllabus to the 

 Secretary, King's College, London. 



BIRKBECK INSTITUTION. 



BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.G. 



Courses of EVENING Lectures and Laboratory work in the Subjects of 

 the following E.xaminations of the LONDON UNIVERSITY will com- 

 mence on October i, 1896 :— 



MATRICULATION, 



PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC (M.B.), 



INTERMEDIATE SCIENCE, 



INTERMEDIATE M.B. (Organic Chemistry), 



BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, 



BACHELOR OF ARTS, 



INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL LL.B., 

 and in the .subjects of the E.xaminations of the UNIVERSITY OF 

 DURHAM (First Medical) and the CONJOINT BOARD. 

 Prospectuses on application to the Secretary. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 



LECTURES ON ZOOLOGY. 

 The General Course of LECTURES on ZOOLOGY, by Prof. W. F. R. 

 Weluon, F.R.S., will commence on Wednesday, October 7, at One o'clock. 

 The Lectures are so arranged as to meet the requirements of Students pre- 

 paring for any of the Examinations of the University of London. 



J. M. HORSBURGH, M.A., Secretary. 



ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, 

 LONDON 



(WITH WHICH IS INCORPOR.\TED THE ROVAL 



SCHOOL OF MINES). 



Dean : Prof. J. W. JUDD, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S, 



SESSION 1896-97. 



The Session opens on Wednesday, October 7, at 10 a.m. 



There will be a Distribution of Prizes and Medals, and an Address by ih. 

 Dean, in the Lecture Theatre of the Museum of Science and Art. SoutI 

 Kensington, at 2.30 p.m. 



BALLIOL COLLEGE, CHRIST 



CHURCH, AND TRINITY COLLEGE. 



OXFORD. 



NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. 



S. Combined Examination for Natural Science Scholarships and Exhibi 

 tions will be held by the above Colleges, beginning on TUESDAY 

 NOVEMBER 17, 1896. 



Three Scholarships and two Exhibitions will be offered, the Scholarship;, 

 being worth ;£8o a year. 



The subjects for Examination will be Physics, Chemistry, and Biology 

 but Candidates will not be expected to offer themselves in more than two o 

 these. 



Particulars may be obtained by application to 



A. VERNON HARCOURT. 



Christ Church. Oxford. 



SWINEY LECTURES ON GEOLOGY. 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF 

 THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A Course of Twelve Lectures on " The Geological History ofVertebratt 

 Animals" will be delivered by R. H. TRAQUAIR. M.D., F.R.S. , in tht 

 Lecture Theatre of the South Kensington IMuseum (by permission of tht< 

 Lords of the Committee of Council on Education), on Mondays, Wednes- 

 days, and Fridays, at 5 p.m., beginning Monday, October 5, and ending) 

 Friday, October 30. Each Lecture will be illustrated by means of Lanterr 

 Slides and Lime-light. Admission to the Course, Free. 

 By Order of the Trustees, 



W. H. FLOWER. Director. 



British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London. S.W. 



BEDFORD COLLEGE LONDON 

 (FOR WOMEN), 



YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, W. 



The Session 1896-7 will begin on Thursday, October 8. The Inausur.i 

 Address, "The Heroines of the Greek Drama," will be delivered b). 

 ARTHUR SIDGWICK, M.A., on Thursd.-iy, October 8, at 4.30 p.m. 



Further information on application. 



LUCY J. RUSSELL, Honorary Secretary. 



THE ELECTRICAL 

 GENERAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, 



SCHOOL OF SCIENCE. 



PENYWERN HOUSE, 2 and 4, PENYWERN ROAD, 



EARL'S COURT, S.W. 



Principal— G. W. de TUNZELMANN, B.Sc, M.I.E.E. 



Senior-Instructor— C. CAPITO, M.I.E.E., M.I.M E. 



Laboratories, Dynamo Room, Steam Engine, Engineering Workshop 



with Machine Tools, Pattern Shop, &c. 



The College provides a Training for Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and 

 Mining Engineers, for Science Students in Mathematics, Physics, Chem- 

 istry, Biology, Geology, and Mineralogy, and Preliminary Training foi 

 Students entering Cooper's Hill and the Central Institution. 



LONDON B.Sc. and INTER-SCIENCE 



HONOURS BOT.ANV.— .\ special Course of Lectures for the .ibov. 

 Examinations will begin the First Week in November. Pr.ictical and 

 Theoretical Work. For full details, apply R. C. B. Kerin, B,.\. 

 Lond., Carlyon College, 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, W.C. 



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