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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
reports upon original work done in the department. Tuesday even
ings,
7:30 to 9:00. Professor Nichols.
Course 17 is a colloquium in which all members of the teaching staff
of the department, as well as graduate students of physics, take an
active part.
18. Advanced laboratory practice in general physics pre
paratory to research. This course is open to undergraduates who
have completed courses 3 and 6 or 3 and 4 ; also to graduates who
have had the above courses or their equivalent. The amount of time
to be given and hours of attendance will be arranged to suit each indi
vidual case. Professor Nichols, Assistant Professors MERRITT, and
Bedell and Mr. Shearer.
21. Magnetism of Iron. Spring term only. One hour. Assistant
Professor BEDELL-
This course may be taken by Juniors or Seniors ; it is recommended
to Juniors as preparatory to Senior work in electrical design, the
theory of alternating currents, and laboratory courses in transformer
testing
and the transmission and transformation of polyphase currents.
22. Theory of Alternating Currents; inductive circuits, con
densers and transformers. Fall and winter terms. Two hours. Assist
ant Professor BEDELL.
This course will deal with the elements of the subject, special atten
tion being given to graphical methods.
23. Magnetism and Electricity. Winter and spring terms.
Two hours. Special reading and seminary work for those taking
course 22. Assistant Professor BEDELL-
24. Alternating Current Measurement : testing
of transfor
mers, rotaries, and induction motors for single phase, two phase, and
three phase circuits, and the transmission and transformation of poly
phase currents. Course 24 is to be taken by students with experimen
tal theses upon the above subjects. Two hours throughout the year.
M.,
2-5. (Requires course 22). Assistant Professor BEDELL.
By permission, course 24 may be substituted for equivalent hours
in course 4.
25. Theory of Dynamo and Motor, and allied topics of inter
est to electro-technical students. Two hours. Fall and winter. Mr.
CHEMISTRY.
Inorganic Chemistry. The elements of inorganic chemistry are
taught by recitations from the text-book, and by lectures and labora
tory work. Careful attention is required to the writing of chemical
equations, and the solution of chemical problems. In the laboratory,