SCIENCE SECTION.
200
There are four classes in this section one in each of the follow-
-ing subjects:- Chemistry, Electricity, Heat and Steam, and
Hygiene. On completion of the First Year's Course, arrangements
will be made for instruction in the advanced stages of each
science, if the number of students and the standard already attain-
-ed justify the formation of advanced classes.
Class 1.
CHEMISTRY.
This course is designed for those who have no previous knowledge
of the subject, and will be completed in one year.
An elementary knowledge of the science is required by all who wish
to study metallurgy, electricity, botany, &c. The course covers
nearly all that is required in Chemistry for the Elementary
Science of the Matriculation of the University of London, the
Minor Examination of the Pharmaceutical Society and the Board of
Education Examinations in Chemistry.
The Metric system of weights and measures; specific gravity; the
investigation of the composition of common chalk and other well-
-known substances; conditions of chemical action; solutions and
solubility; the property of the common acids and bases; oxides;
neutralisation; formation and decomposition of salts; symbols,
formulae; equations; oxidation and reduction; general properties
of gases; the atmosphere; combustion; flame. Non-metals and metals. The preparation and properties of the following elements and compounds:- Oxygen, hydrogen, water; chlorine, bromine, iodine,
hydrochloric acid; nitrous and nitric oxide, ammonia; carbon,
carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, acetylene, carbon disulphide,
alcohol, acetic acid; sulphur, hydrogen sulphide, sulphur dioxide,
sulphur chloride, sulphuric acid; phosphorus.
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