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Illinois Industrial University.

work at least two consecutive hours daily during such time as their specialty may require. Text-Books—Roscoe's Chemistry; Douglas & Prescott's Analysis ; Fresenius' Analysis; Miller's Chemistry ; Rose's Analysis. Books of Reference—Gmelin's Handbook of Chemistry ; Graham-Otto's Ausfuehrliches Lehrbuch der Chemie; Watts' Dictionary of Chemistry; Lehmann's Physiological Chemistry ; Percy's Metallurgy; Mitchell's Practical Assaying; Wormley's MicroChemistry of Poisons ; Taylor on Poison. Four courses of laboratory work have been arranged as follows:

CHEMICAL COURSE. FIRST YEAR.

First Term.—Qualitative Analysis, Tests and Separation of the Alkalies, Alkaline Earths,(N H 4) 2 S Group, and 1st and 2J Division of H 2 S Group. Second Term.—Qualitative Analysis Completed, Tests, and Separation of 3d Division of H 2 S Group, and the Acids, Analysis of 20 Simple Salts, and 20 Compound Substances. Third Term.—Quantitative Analysis of Sodium Sulphate, Dolomite,Ammonium Alum, Potassium Chloride, Bone Ash, Iron Ore.

SECOND YEAR.

First Term.—Quantitative Analysis of Calamine (Zinc Carbonate), Copper Pyrites, Galena, Spathic Iron Ore, Nickel Ore, Clay, Soil, Determination of Iron, Copper, etc., both volumetrically and Gravimetrically. Second Term.—Volumetric Analysis, Alkalimetry and Acidimetry,Preparation of Standard Solutions, Analysis of Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide, Pearl Ash, Cream of Tartar, Sulphuric, Hydrochloric, Oxalic and Citric Acids, Analysis of Corn or other Grain. Third Term—Preparation of Salts, Acids, etc., Electroplating with Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel. THIRD YEAR. First Term.—Ultimate Analysis, Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen Chlorine, Phosphorus and Sulphur in Organic Compounds, Analysis of Urine. Second Term.—Blow Pipe Analysis, Determination of a collection of minerals representing over thirty of the Metals. Assaying in both the dry and wet way of Gold, Silver and Lead Ores. Third Term.—Photography, Preparation of Ether, Absolute Alcohol, Gun Cotton, Cadmium Iodide, Ammonium Iodide,Glacial Acetic Acid, Silver Nitrate, Collodion, Taking Negatives, Printing Positives, Toning and Mounting. FOURTH YEAR. First Term.—Gas Analysis, Calibration of Eudiometers, Analysis of Air from Lungs; Atmospheric Air, Marsh Gas, Illuminating Gas and Crude Coal Gas, Analysis of Mineral Waters. Second Term.—Toxicology, Micro-Chemistry of Poisons, Testing for Mineral and Vegetable Poisons, Separation from Organic Mixtures. Third Term.—Original Researches, Thesis.