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SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. ‘159 
be used where there exists no valid reason to the contrary. As an example, a 
boy should, after his discovery, of the composition of the atmosphere, make an 
exact determination of the properties of oxygen by Hempel’s or some similar 
apparatus. A muffle furnace should be in the laboratory for use in metallurgical 
work. 
6. Applied Science.—It is strongly recommended as an alternative course in 
the later years of the general school teaching—i.e., from the ages of 154 to 
17 years—that the ordinary mechanics and physics should be replaced by a 
careful experimental study of applied mechanics, heat, and electricity. In 
the reorganisation of examinations it is to be hoped that an examination on 
these subjects will be included in the leaving certificate, and wherever possible 
a practical examination be held on the experiments which belong to a well- 
equipped engineering laboratory. A syllabus based on these lines is now adopted 
by the Admiralty for two of the papers of the Direct Entry examination. 
