Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-10-27

LECTURES ON CHEMISTRY,
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.


EN OCT. CORES ID course
~ of Lectures will commence on the
first Monday of November next, and con-
tinue hyc months. The course proposed
and which will be punctually given, if an
adequate or even reasonable encour-
agcmcnt is Offered, comprises TWENTY
Lectures on the principles Of Chemistry,
and other Interesting branches Of Natu-
rel Philosophy.
The more useful and interesting de-
partmcnts ofthc former science, together
with their practical applications to the
affairs of civilized life, will be dwclt OH
at considerable length, and the princi-
pies and propositions advanced will be
rendered obvious and easy of comprehen-
sion to the most common capacitica by.
calling in the aid and visible evidences
of actual experiment, and dvcsting each
of the sciences treated of, as far as is
practicable, of their pcrpleXing and often
times useless technicaitics.
In the department of Natural Philoso-
ply, (alluding to this science in its more
restricted acceptation,) the nature and
origin of matter and the material world,
will attract and receive particular attcn-
ton, not however in the anticipation or
vain hope of coming to any very definite
or positive conclusions in regard to the
ultimatum or last analysis Of the one, or
ofthrowing any very distinct peculiar and
original light, separate from that Of Di-
vine Revelation, on the primary iorna-
ton and origin of the other.
Pneumatic Chemistry, or the art of
collecting, measuring, distinguishing and
examining Trilorm or gaseous substan-
ces, will receive its merited share OF at
tention, and the brilliant experiments il
Illustrative of their peculiar properties, will
in no way be lost sight of.
Motion, and the laws by which bodies
are regulated while in a state of motion
or rest-the gravity or weight Of bodies
both absolute and relative or specific
the nature and constitution Of the atmo-
sphere, as pertains to its chemical quail
ties and mechanical effects, the laws by
which its mechanical effects and those Of
all other fluids are governed, will all be
separately and for all practical applica-
tons sufficiently illustrated and explain
ed.
The nature of the Air-Pump will be
explained, and series of instructive and
highly interesting experiments will be
given with view to illustrate more clear
ly and satisfactorily the nature of the
vacuum, and the effects and force of at
mosphcric pressure.
Galvanism and electricity, branches of
science not less mysterious in their ma
ture than wonderful and interesting in
their phenomena, will from their striking
alliance to each other, receive a con joint
consideration in the first three lectures
succeeding to the Introductory.
The course will conclude with two lee
lures on the elementary principles of OPP
tics--a concise anatomical description of
the human eye, with model of the same
the laws that regulate the reflection
and refraction of light, and general re-
marks on the beauty and harmonies of
universal nature, as inc contestible evidcn-
ces of the design, wisdom and bcncvo-
lence of its Omnipresent Original.
The Introductory will be given with
open doors
All persons wishing to obtain tickets
for the course, will confer a favor by
leaving their names with the subscriber
on or before the Goth of the present
month. Price ofseason tickets So.
A. p. MooRE.