The Cambridge Examiner, Volume 1J. Palmer, 1881 - Education, Higher |
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... plane triangle in terms of the sides . 4. The altitude of a cloud is 0 ° , and that of the sun in the same vertical plane as the cloud is 4 ° , and the distance of the shadow of the cloud from the observer was a yds .; find the height ...
... plane triangle in terms of the sides . 4. The altitude of a cloud is 0 ° , and that of the sun in the same vertical plane as the cloud is 4 ° , and the distance of the shadow of the cloud from the observer was a yds .; find the height ...
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... plane is a circle . Any two great circles bisect the one the other . 7. Explain the causes of solar and lunar eclipses . " The greatest number of eclipses that can take place in a year is seven , of which five will be of the sun ; the ...
... plane is a circle . Any two great circles bisect the one the other . 7. Explain the causes of solar and lunar eclipses . " The greatest number of eclipses that can take place in a year is seven , of which five will be of the sun ; the ...
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... plane surfaces . Explain the formation of images by concave surfaces . Describe a telescope , and a microscope . 22. How and why is the velocity of sound affected by change of temperature ? Is the velocity of light affected in the same ...
... plane surfaces . Explain the formation of images by concave surfaces . Describe a telescope , and a microscope . 22. How and why is the velocity of sound affected by change of temperature ? Is the velocity of light affected in the same ...
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... plane surface , a plane figure , a straight line , an angle , a reflex angle , and a bisector . 2. Explain the words postulate and axiom . Quote three of each . 3. On a given straight line describe a scalene triangle , having its sides ...
... plane surface , a plane figure , a straight line , an angle , a reflex angle , and a bisector . 2. Explain the words postulate and axiom . Quote three of each . 3. On a given straight line describe a scalene triangle , having its sides ...
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... plane . A weight W is resting on a smooth inclined plane , draw a figure to represent the forces acting at the point where the weight touches the plane . 3. Define work and horse - power . A train weighing 180 tons is travelling at the ...
... plane . A weight W is resting on a smooth inclined plane , draw a figure to represent the forces acting at the point where the weight touches the plane . 3. Define work and horse - power . A train weighing 180 tons is travelling at the ...
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9-16 inclusive ACCESSION OF HENRY adjectives Aeneid AESCHYLUS Alcestis allusions answer aorist BELLO GALLICO CAESAR CATILINAM chief chord CICERO circle CORINTHIANS CORIOLANUS declension Define Describe difficulties of construction Distinguish England Epistle equal equations EURIPIDES Explain the terms explaining carefully Find force French gender Geography German Give a short Give an account Give examples Give illustrations given straight line GOETHE'S KNABENJAHRE GRAMMAR Greek HENRY III Higher Mathematics Junior and Senior Junior Paper king L'Avare Latin Lazare Hoche LIVY major scale meant Mention Molière Name nouns parabola parallelogram Parse the words participle passage plane plural propositions Prove reign Religious Knowledge right angles sentence Shew short account short marginal notes sides Sketch SOPHOCLES SPECIAL PERIOD SPHACTERIA square Students subjects subjunctive tangent THUCYDIDES triangle verbs VIII VIRGIL Women words in italics Write a short XENOPHON δὲ καὶ τὴν
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Page 380 - For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you, neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you ; not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Page 343 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 405 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each ; and one side equal to one side, viz. either the sides adjacent to the equal...
Page 406 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle ; the angles which this line makes with the line touching the circle, shall be equal to the angles which are in the alternate segments of the circle.
Page 432 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.
Page 283 - The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond : it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars ; whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Page 240 - Yet serves to second too some other use. So Man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown, Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal ; 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
Page 380 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles ; and both are preserved. 39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new; For he saith, The old is better.
Page 81 - Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill.
Page 257 - The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle, from the extremity of it, falls without the circle...