isua-isnscatalog-1891-1892-068

Description:	INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 67four hours per week to this line of work in addition to his recitation work. The laboratory is well supplied with all kinds ofapparatus necessary for a course in general physics, and thestudent is given every opportunity to make use of this apparatus.Connected with the work in Physics is a work-shop suppliedwith a work-bench, a lathe, run by a motor, and a full set of tools,where the students in Physics are taught to devise and makepieces of apparatus for the purpose of illustrating the elementaryprinciples of Physics without having to depend upon the use ofexpensive apparatus made by the regular dealers in such supplies.In all of the laboratory experiments careful note of the resultsobtained are required.CHEMISTRY.The work in Chemistry consists of two terms of thirteen weekseach. In the first terms work the class studies general Chemistry. The work consists of daily recitations and daily work inthe laboratory.It is thought that the correct way to study Chemistry is byactual experiment. The students are required to perform theexperiments of the text-book in the laboratory, and bring theresults of this work to the lecture room for discussion. Beginning with simple chemical changes, he studies the properties ofthe more important elements and compounds.The first seven weeks of the term are devoted to a study ofthe non-metallic elements the last six weeks to the metallic elements, the laboratory work leading up to qualitative analysis.The second terms work is qualitative analysis, and is all donein the laboratory, ten hours per week being required. In thisthe student studies the reaction and- separation of metals, theseparation of acids, and, as far as possible, the analysis of ores.The chemical laboratory is well supplied with every convenience for pursuing the work in Chemistry, as far as it is carriedin this course.Robert G. Gillum,Head of Department.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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