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4. Give the comparative and superlative of roth, gut, viel, bunt.

5. State the prefixes of inseparable verbs.

IV.

Theme for an essay in German: Courtry Life.

GEOMETRICAL DRAWING.
2:30 TO 4 P.M.

LIEUT.-COL. SCOTT, R.E.

(The constructive lines are to be shown in dots, and the work is to be carefully penned in. No written explanations are required.)

1. Divide a line 5 inches long into 7 equal parts by construction. From each of the points of division as centres draw circles in contact.

2. In a circle of 2 inches radius draw a chord such that the angle which the chord subtends at the circumference may be 57°.

3. Draw a square of 2 inches side and within it four equal circles each touching two others and two sides of the square.

4. Draw a square of 3 inches side, and convert it into an octagon by cutting off the corners.

5. Construct a right-line figure from the following conditions:

AB=1.90 inches The angle ABC=115°

BC=1.70
CD=2.25
DE=1.5

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BCD=95°

CDE=115°

FREE-HAND DRAWING.
4 to 5.30 P.M.

LIEUT.-COL. SCOTT, R.E.

(The work may be in pencil or be done with the pen, and the 3rd Example may be executed in the manner preferred by the Candidate, either with the pencil, or with the pen, or with pen and brush combined.)

1. Draw with the hand, and without measurement, a circle of 2 inches diameter and an oval of which the longer diameter is 3 inches and the shorter 2 inches, enclosing the circle.

2. Copy as accurately as you can one half of the sprig of ivy shown in the drawing placed before you. 3. Copy in any manner you prefer a portion of the photograph placed before you.

EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES.

PROFESSOR LIVEING.

(N.B.-Not more than TEN of the following
questions are to be answered.)

1. Describe a method of preparing hydrogen, and explain the chemistry of it. Explain how to collect the gas. Why does this gas escape through any small cracks in the apparatus more readily than any other gases?

2. What is the composition of atmospheric air? If a piece of cotton dipped in spirit of wine be lighted, and put into a bottle of air which is then tightly closed, state what chemical effects will ensue, and what gases will be found in the bottle when the action has ceased.

3. Explain the action which occurs when you strike a lucifer match, stating the essential constituents of the composition on the match and their action. What is the difference between those which ignite only on their own box, and those which ignite on any rough surface?

4. State the composition of common sulphuric acid. Explain what is meant by neutralizing an acid; also explain the action which occurs when you neutralize sulphuric acid with chalk, and how you can tell when it is neutralized.

5. What is the chemical action of sodium upon water? Describe the chief properties of the substance produced in this way from sodium. What weight of it will be produced from 69 grains of sodium when the excess of water has been boiled away? Na=23.

6. By what tests can you detect lime, iron, copper, lead, and silver, severally, when in solution?

7. Describe the construction of a maximum and of a minimum thermometer, mentioning the reasons for the materials used, and the action of the instrument.

8. State the ordinary law of expansion of gases for changes of temperature. If a quantity of gas which measures 15.12 cubic inches at 20° C be cooled to 0° C, what will it measure at the latter temperature ?

9. At what temperature has water its greatest density? Show how this serves to account for the well known fact that, while shallow ponds are frozen over at the first frost, deep ponds are not frozen over unless the frost be of some continuance.

10. Specify the different modes in which heat may be generated, with one example of each mode. Explain how quantity of heat, as distinct from temperature, is measured.

11. Explain the conditions under which hoar frost is produced, and show why some objects collect more of it than others.

12. How can you practically distinguish a conductor from a non conductor of electricity? Arrange the following substances in three classes as good conductors, bad conductors, and moderate conductors: wood, iron, marble, linen, silk, ivory, platinum, water, air.

13. Describe the construction of a leyden jar. In charging such a jar explain what difference it makes whether the outside be insulated or not.

14. If a tube of tin-plate be insulated and electrified how will the electricity distribute itself about the tube? Describe the effects on a quadrant electrometer placed (1) near one end and (2) near the middle, both inside and outside.

15. Two copper plates are immersed in a solution of sulphate of copper, and one of them is connected by a wire with a third copper plate, and the other with a zinc plate, the last pair of plates being immersed in dilute sulphuric acid; give an account of the action in each liquid.

16. State the law connecting the heating effect of a galvanic current with the length and thickness of the conductor. How do you account for the fact that it requires a large leyden battery to melt even a very fine wire which would be instantly melted by a small galvanic battery?

17. Distinguish between a magnet and a magnetic substance. Name substances which can be permanently magnetized and others which, though

magnetic, cannot be permanently magnetized. Explain how you can reverse the polarity of a steel magnet.

18. What is meant by induction in magnetism? In what position must a bar of iron be held in order that the inductive action of the earth on it may be the least possible; and in what position must it be held in order that it may be the greatest possible? How may this action be shown?

NATURAL SCIENCES.

PROFESSOR J. MORRIS, F.G.S.

1. Mention the chief Igneous rocks, and name the minerals which usually enter into their composition.

2. State the general characters by which the Igneous rocks are distinguished.

3. Name the Organic agencies at present in operation on the Earth's surface, and briefly describe one of them.

4. Draw up a table showing the sub-divisions of the Cretaceous system, and state the lithological character of each rock mentioned.

5. Name the counties in England in which the Oolitic rocks are most largely developed.

6. Describe "unconformability," and state the inferences deducible from uncomformable stratification.

7. State the stratigraphical position of the following limestones:- Bala, Aymestry, Wenlock, and Woolhope; and mention one or more fossils found in each of them.

8. In what rocks are the ores of Lead and Tin usually found, and state the districts of Great Britain from which these metals are chiefly obtained.

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