B.Sc. EXAMINATION. ENGLISH LITERATURE. As in the General Section prescribed for the B.A. There will be two papers and a Viva Voce Examination. 1st Paper Unseen Passages from modern books, magazines or newspapers, on History, Biography, Travel, etc., with grammatical questions. 2nd Paper: An Essay on a subject of general in terest. Viva Voce Conversational, based on unseen passages similar to those set in the 1st paper, with grammatical questions. MATHEMATICS. (Same as for the B.A. Examination.) PHYSICS. The Examination in Physics will comprise two papers and a practical examination. The following syllabus is prescribed :— General Properties of Mutter Law of Gravitation, Elementary problems on attractions, e.g., attractions of a sphere and spherical shell on internal and external points, attraction of a disc and attraction of any closed surface on a point just outside. Definition of potential and its determination in simple cases. Definition of Equipotential surface and lines of force, and elementary propositions connected therewith. Definition of Elasticity. HOOKE'S law and determination of YOUNG'S Modulus. Definitions of Moments of Inertia aud Radius of Gyration. Calculation of Moments of Inertia of a sphere about any axis and of a cylinder about axis perpendicular to or parallel to axis of cylinder. BOYLE'S Law. Air-pump. Vibration of simple pendulum and simple harmonic motion. Sound Nature of sound waves. Determination of Velocity of sound and its connection with the elasticity and density of the medium. DOPPLER'S principle. Reflection and refraction of sound. Methods of determining the frequency and wave-lengths of notes. Interference of sound waves. Vibrations of strings and columns of air. Experimental methods of analysing complex sounds. LISSAJOU's figures. Application of the equation y = a cos. (v t-a) to problems in interference. Heat 2π λ Construction and theory of thermomoters. Coeffi cients of expansion and their variation with temperature. Unit of heat and calorimetry. Specific heat. Latent heat. Vapour pressures and their determination. Radiant heat. Its reflection, refraction, absorption and emission. Conductivity. Determination of coefficients. of conductivity. Indicator diagrams. CARNOT'S heat engine. First and second laws of Thermo-dynamics. CARNOT'S function and THOMSON'S scale of temperature. Determination of mechanical equivalent of heat. Light Determination of the velocity of light. Elementary mathematical formulæ relating to the reflection and refraction of light. Mirrors. Lenses. Dispersion and spectrum analysis The construction of achromatic lenses. Undulatory theory of light. Rectilineal propagation of light. Deduction of the laws of reflection and refraction. Interference of light. NEWTON's rings and colours of thin plates. Diffraction. Double refraction in uniaxal crystals. Plane, circularly and elliptically polarised light. Interference of polarised light. Rotation of plane of polarisation. Magnetism Method of drawing lines of magnetic force. Magnetic potential. Action of one magnet on another placed broadside or end ways. Determination of magnetic moments, horizontal component of Earth's magnetic force and the dip. Magnetic induction. Coefficient of magnetisation and induction. Permeability. Diamagnetism. Electricity Proof of the law of Electrical repulsion. Specific inductive capacity. THOMPSON's quadrant and absolute electrometers. Calculation of potential, capacity and energy in simple cases. Frictional and inductive machines. Determination of The electric current. Galvanometer. resistances. ОHм's Law. JOULE'S LAW. Determination of electromotive force and internal resistance of batteries. Properties of a conjugate system of conductors. Electrolysis and electro-chemical equivalents. Thermo-electrical PELTIER and THOMSON'S effects. Electro-magnetism. Electromotive force produced in conductors by Coaltering the magnetic field surrounding them. efficients of mutual and self-induction. RUHMKOFF'S Coil : Elementary theory of dynamo. Units, Electrostatic and electromagnetic. Definitions of COULOMB, AMPERE, VOLT, FARAD, Ŏнм, WATT and JOULE. currents. The Practical Examination will be in the following experiments from GLAZEBROOK and SHAW's Practical Physics-Nos. 1, 3, 4, 7-10, 12, 13, 15-17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32-34, 36-40, 48, 49, 51-54, 56, 57, 62, 69-78, 80. The following books may be consulted : MAXWELL: Matter and Motion. GLAZEBROOK: Heat and Light. EVERETT Vibratory Motion and Sound. BARNES'S Practical Acoustics. EMTAGE: Light. GLAZEBROOK: Physical Optics. PRESTON: Theory of Light. S. P. THOMPSON: Electricity and Magnetism. J. J. THOMSON: Elements of the Mathematical Theory GLAZEBROOK and SHAW: Practical Physics. MELLOR: Higher Mathematics for students of Physics and Chemistry. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 1ST YEAR. Elements, Compounds, Mixtures, Phases. Chemical action. Combustion. Oxidation and Reduction. Influence of Physical Conditions on Chemical Action. Reversible Actions. Catalysis. Equivalent, atomic, and molecular weights. Law of Dulong and Petit. Vapour-Density and freezing point methods. Solution, Dialysis, Diffusion and Osmosis. Acids, Bases, and Salts. Electrolyses. Faraday's Law. Dissociation in gases and liquids. Ionic theory. A fairly complete knowledge of the general properties and more important compounds of Oxygen. Hydrogen. Nitrogen. Phosphorus. Sulphur. * Sodium. * Calcium. Carbon, Boron, Silicon. * Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth. Selenium. Bromine, Iodine. (The elements in the right hand column to be treated only very briefly, mainly from the utilitarian standpoint.) Introduction to the Periodic Law. 2ND YEAR. General knowledge of the properties and more important compounds of the tollowing (studied on the basis of the Periodic Law)- All those elements prescribed for the 1st Year, and in addition to these Chromium. Nickel. Cobalt. * Aluminium. Helium. (Including the Metallurgy of those marked *.) The Laws of Boyle and Charles and Ven der Waal's Equation. Osmotic pressure. Analogy between gases and dis solved substances. |