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SCIENTIFIC LECTUREs.-lLLUsT
~ ED BY 800 DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPF,-
RlOR ,APPARATUS. AT the request of large num-
Der OF Ladies and Gentlemen Mr.. d. TURNER will
commence a Course OF Lectures at his School Room
on TUESDAY, the 9Th ofNovember, at P. M. to be
continued on each Tuesday and Friday night The
Lectures will be mainly experimental and il Is intended
to make them perfectly Ineligible to those who have
not made physical science subject Of previous study
LECTURE FIRST.
fneamatscs material Its extent and compo.
sition, ChamberIan's large lever air pump descrlb-
ed Air weighed in scales Pressure of the atmos-
phere. Hemispheres. Barometer Barometer in yacuo
Pressure OF the air variable. Fountain in vacuo Air
chamber Air expands by heat and by remova of ex-
erna pressure. Cuppipg Specific gravity. Hydrogen
balloon.
LECTURE SECOND.
PneUiputicS continued W ied fr,it rae,orod Rrit
head Expanded soap bubbles. Fountain by expan-
sion. A If gun. Fire engine. Air ressts motion Gu-
nea and leather experiment Buoyancy OF air. A
pound Of feathers heavier than pound Of lead Air
the medium OF sound Bell in Air necessary TO
combustion and animal life. Lighted taper in vacuo.
IN hydrogen, oxygen, and carbonc acid gases Fishes
IN vacuo Mechanical process OF respiration explained
LECTURE THIRD.
Hyd, estates -The ocean; its depth, color, tempe
ratnrea9d sadness Properties of liquids. Pressure
and equilibrium. Hydrosatic bellows and press Spe-
chic gravity of4iquds. Hydrometer Syphon Bar
kers Mill Water boils at 70 deg under RECEIVER
water frozen BY ilsown evaporation. Formation and
condensation OF steam, Explosion of miniature steam
boilers. Decomposition OF water by metallic potash
UNI burning upon It's surface, Eoopie.
LECTURE FOURTH.
zzet eerolne iAihen Sinenas winds hurricanes
tornadoes, and waer-spouts Wind vane DiHarent
| kinds OF thermometers. Use of barometer Psychro
meter Aqueous phenomena; rain, fogs. Clouds dew,
nomena--tlunder storms. Different kinds of lightning
| Fire balls, Optical phenomena-coor of the atmos-
Phere.and clouds, rainbow, mirage caronas, haoes.-
Lumnens phenomena shooting stars me
teonc Showers, aurora boreas.
LECTURE FIFTH.
Etectricsfy Simple methods of exciting electricity
Electric machine described. Electric spark. Con
ductors and non. conductors. Insulation Two kinds
OF observation-disclosures and resinous Attraction and
r rep 81 adueon Dancing images Electrified
charged and discharged. Electric pistol.
LECTURE SIXTH.
Electricity Continued.-Atmosphenc electricity
Lightning rods. Points. Electricity OF human body
Cholera and electricity. Person insulated and eect-
tied Electrified water. Electric battery. Gold leaf
driven into glass. Ivory for decomposing wa
ter. Magnetism communicated. Glass globe revolves
by electricity. Electric fliers Electrified egg Spotted
tube. Luminous word Auroa tube Electric shock
Thunder house. -Four hydrogen cannons discharged
at the same time in different parts OF the room by the
electric spark.
LECTURE SEVENTH
Magnetism -Loadstone. Magnets. North and
south poles. Magnets made and unmade Steel and
iron ? magnets Magnetic curves The earth magnet
Dip and variation OF the needle. Magnetic meridian.
Magnetic poles Electromagnetic Helix Bar OF
iron suspended upon nothing. Magnet capable of
suspending several hundred pounds. Migratory arma-
magnetic telegraph.
LECTURE EIGHT.
Galpan'sm. OF copper battery. Groves
battery OF Is largest size cups. Dehagration of char
coal. Steel wire burned Gold burned. Platina
wire melted. Combustibles fired Water rapidly de-
composed. Colts submarine battery. Hydrogen cam
non discharged by gavansm
LECTURE NINTH.
Ory-hydr0gen MISUNDERSTANDING of oxygen and
hydrogen gases Burning OF metals in oxygen gas.
Burning OF phosphorus. Metals melted and burnt
Alloys formed. Explosion of mixture of oxygen
and hydrogen gases Drummond light.
LECTURE TENTH
Astronomy. Magic lantern. Solar system. Rev
olution of the planets. The tides. Phases OF the
moon. Direct and retrograde motion Of Venus and
Mercury. Rotundity OF the Earth. Ship in mot ion
Orbits Of Comets. Diunal mot ion ofthe Earth; Day