Examination papers used at the examinations for admission to the Royal military college, Sandhurst1859 - 1869 pages |
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... miles , humidus , and quote as many lines as you can to prove them . 11. What is the quantity of a vowel before a vowel , and a vowel before two consonants ? Give examples in verse , and state what exceptions there are to the rule . 12 ...
... miles , humidus , and quote as many lines as you can to prove them . 11. What is the quantity of a vowel before a vowel , and a vowel before two consonants ? Give examples in verse , and state what exceptions there are to the rule . 12 ...
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... mile an hour faster he would have performed the journey in an hour less , but if he had gone one mile an hour slower he would have taken an hour and a half more . Find the distance and his rate of travelling . Euclid . 1. In any right ...
... mile an hour faster he would have performed the journey in an hour less , but if he had gone one mile an hour slower he would have taken an hour and a half more . Find the distance and his rate of travelling . Euclid . 1. In any right ...
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... mile , supposing 25 paces = 1 chain . The chain = 66 feet . 5. The diagonals of a horizontal enclosure are 75 feet , and one of the sides is 25 feet . Draw a plan of it on a scale of ß ਨ • 6. Give a perspective view of the above when ...
... mile , supposing 25 paces = 1 chain . The chain = 66 feet . 5. The diagonals of a horizontal enclosure are 75 feet , and one of the sides is 25 feet . Draw a plan of it on a scale of ß ਨ • 6. Give a perspective view of the above when ...
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... miles and furlongs . 7. The scale of the ordinary English Barometer is extended up to 31 inches . Construct a Vernier scale showing the remarkably high reading of the Barometer in the passage of a London house on the 12th November ...
... miles and furlongs . 7. The scale of the ordinary English Barometer is extended up to 31 inches . Construct a Vernier scale showing the remarkably high reading of the Barometer in the passage of a London house on the 12th November ...
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... 00179 ; and divide 0016027 by 341 ; also divide 5'03668125 by 0746175 . 7. Reduce 8s . 74d . to the decimal of a pound , and 3 furlongs 66 yards to the decimal of a mile . B 8. Find the cost of paving a street half a 17.
... 00179 ; and divide 0016027 by 341 ; also divide 5'03668125 by 0746175 . 7. Reduce 8s . 74d . to the decimal of a pound , and 3 furlongs 66 yards to the decimal of a mile . B 8. Find the cost of paving a street half a 17.
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Page 12 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me. Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
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Page 11 - Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
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