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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. 57 principles taken up will require»less mathematical knowledge for discussion, and the laboratory work will include problems that present fewer experimental difficulties. No attempt will be made to cover the whole ground 01 physics. Elementary mechanics will be taken up at the beginning of the course as a necessary introduction to the study of physics. The behavior of solids and fluids with respect to forces will be carefully discussed and then a brief treatment of magnetism and electricity will be given. Winter term, full study. Assistant Professor SHEA. Required: Math., 3, or 4. DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY. 1. Descriptive Astronomy.—For students in Colleges of Agriculture, Science and Literature. The aim of this course is to supply (1) a general knowledge of the facts of astronomy, (2) a clear conception of the principles underlying them, and (3) an understanding of the methods of arriving at these facts. The subjects considered are the doctrine of the sphere, the heavenly bodies, their nature, dimensions, characteristics and the influence they exert upon each other by their attractions, radiation, or any other ascertainable cause. The most important instruments of astronomical research are explained; and during favorable weather, the sun, moon, and planets will be studied with the equatorial telescope. Methods of spectroscopic research are discussed, and, as far as possible, illustrated. Illustrative charts and lectures are also occasionally resorted to. Newcomb and Holderis Astronomy, Advanced Course. Spring term, full study. Assistant Professor MYERS. Required: Math., 3. 2. Descriptive Astronomy.—For students of the College of Engineering. This course comprises the subject matter of course 1 and, in addition, some of the fundamental principles of celestial mechanics. Astronomy is here taught with a view to its utility rather than as a matter of general information. Students are required to work out problems in latitude and longitude, to deduce from the principles of mechanic's formulae for weighing the masses of the heavenly bodies against each other, to solve problems involving corrections for parallax, refraction, dip of thechorizon, and to determine mathematically the distances, dimensions, and orbits of the bodies of the solar system. When favorable weather admits, the equatorial telescope is in use by students, and time is spent in the location and study of
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