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CAMBRIDGE.—The list of lectures in Physics this term includes Prof. Stokes's on Physical Optics, Prof. Thomson's on the Properties of Matter and on Mathematics for Students of Physics, and Mr. Wilberforce's on Dynamo-electric Machines. Among the numerous chemical lectures we do not note any very novel feature. Prof. Newton will lecture on the Evolution of the Animal Kingdom, and Mr. Gadow on the Morphology of the Ichthyopsida, recent and extinct. In Botany, the Readership has not yet been filled up; Mr. Gardiner is giving a general elementary course, Mr. Potter is lecturing on the Geographical Distribution of Plants, and Mr. Vaizey on the. Classification of Plants. In Geology, Mr. Marr lectures on the Principles and on Advanced Stratigraphy, Mr. Harker on Petrology, Mr. Roberts on Advanced Palæontology, and Mr. Seward on Palæobotany. The physiological and anatomical courses are much as usual. There are three (graduated) sets of demonstration classes in Mechanism, and lectures by Prof. Stuart and Mr. Lyon. In Mathematics, Prof. Cayley is lecturing on Elliptic Functions, Prof. Darwin on Orbits and Perturbations of Planets, Mr. Pendlebury on the Theory of Numbers, Mr. Hobson on Fourier's Series and on Conduction of Heat, Mr. Larmor on Electrostatics, Mr. Forsyth on Theory of Functions, Dr. Besant on Analysis, Dr. Glaisher on Elliptic Functions, and Mr. Herman on Hydrodynamics.
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University and Educational Intelligence . Nature 38, 607 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038607a0
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