13. In an ellipse prove that the line drawn through the focus at right angles to the focal distance intersects the tangent and the directrix in the same point. Mixed Mathematics. 1. Assuming the truth of the parallelogram of forces as to direction, prove its truth as to magnitude. 2. Given the sum of two forces and their resultant, and also the angle which one of them makes with the resultant. Determine the forces, and the angle at which they act. 3. State the result of any experiments made with reference to friction. A body weighing 12,000 tons, placed on a plane whore inclination is 1 in 12, and acted on by two chains (each capable of sustaining a strain of 200 tons) in the direction of the plane, is just on the point of moving when the chains break. Find the coefficient of friction between the body and the plane. 4. An area is cut from one angle of a triangle equal to half the area of the triangle by a line parallel to the base. Find the centre of gravity of the remainder. 5. Enunciate the first and second laws of motion, and mention any experiments which seem to suggest their truth. How is their truth finally established ? 6. A body moving uniformly in a straight line is suddenly acted on by a constant force always acting in a given direction. Determine the subsequent motion. 7. A body of given elasticity is projected vertically upwards with a given velocity, and strikes against a horizontal plane. Determine the velocity with which it reaches the ground. 8. Find the line of quickest descent from the focus of a parabola, whose axis is vertical and vertex upwards, to the curve. 9. Define “ specific gravity,” and show that when a solid is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost is to the whole weight of the body as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the solid. 10. Explain the principle of the hydraulic press, and find the mechanical power in a machine of given dimensions. 11. A particle moves in a circle under the action of a central force resident in an external point. Find the law of force. Is the force attractive or repulsive ? PRACTICAL GEOMETRY, BUILDERS' WORK, &c. Practical Geometry and Mensuration. 1. How much paper, 3 yard wide, will be required for a room that is 22 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 9 feet high, if there be 3 windows and 2 doors, each 6 feet by 3 feet ? PRACTICAL GEOMETRY, BUILDER'S WORK. 173 2. How many square feet are contained in a plank whose length is 10 feet 10 inches, and breadth at the two ends 34 feet and 2 feet ? 2s. 6d. a foot, if the length of its semicircular arc was 22:42 feet ? many cubic feet of this kind of stone will freight a vessel of 230 tons burthen ? of the base in each being 5 feet, and their altitude 31 feet. Indian ink. from the same level, and of the same rise, but of 10 feet span, of the smaller arch. ment is doubtful, how would you test it ? Builders' Work. 1. State what you know of the different kinds of limestone in this country, What are the objections to “ shelly" limestone, and when it is used for building what precaution should be observed with respect to the portion exposed ? 2. State how the quality of granite is affected by an excess of quartz or mica, or feldspar. Should you consider, generally, a find or coarse -- grained granite to be preferable? What effect has sulphuret of iron on the granite in which it occurs ? 3. State the materials with which you are acquainted suitable for lining 4. What points would you consider in selecting materials for a road cover- ing? Name, in the order of their fitness for this purpose, the materials with which you are acquainted. 5. Certain limes, if not properly treated, will swell after they have been made into mortar and introduced into work. How does this arise, and what precautions would you observe in the preparation of the 6. What do you consider to be aļfair proportion of sand, gravel, and lime, for a foundation of a building under ordinary circumstances ? What are the conditions under which you consider that these pro- 5. What are the characteristics of a good brick ? What crushing force per square inch should such a brick be capable of supporting? 8. What thickness of mortar would you allow in joints in ashlar work, 9. What are the various ways of laying hold of stones that are too heavy to be moved by hand ? 10. What are the appearances by which you would judge of timber generally ? What kind of timber is best suited for straight beams, straight ties, and straight pieces of framework generally ? 11. If you are to use timber naturally seasoned, what arrangements should you have made in order to carry out the process effectually, and what should be the duration of such seasoning process generally to fit timber for the carpenter or the joiner ? What timber will best bear being kept constantly wet ? Plan Drawing, Designing, Etc. (Time, 6 hours.) 1. Give a design for a footbridge 30 feet span and 6 feet wide, the scant lings to be figured. 2. Give a design for an iron roof 30 feet span. Dimensions to be figured. 3. Also a timber roof boarded and slated of the same span, showing the calculations for the scantlings. 4. Give comparison of the expense of building walls 10 feet high, for the locality best known to you, 1. In brick stone work. 3. In brigknogging plastered on both sides. 5. Give a plan and elevation of a gateway and shed for the entrance to a cemetery, with a specification and estimate of the same. The shed to over the gateway and about 25 feet long. GEOMETICAL DRAWING. Specimen Paper. 1. Show how to erect a perpendicular at the end of a line which does not admit of prolongation ? 2. Draw any irregular right-lined figure of 6 sides, and reduce it by construction, to a triangle of equal area. 3. Construct a triangle having two of its sides equal to 3 inches and 4 inches respectively, and the angle opposite the longer side 70°; ascertain and figure the value of the third side and of the remaining angles without calculation. 4. Draw two lines AB, BC, equal to 27 inches, and 3 inches respectively, making at B an angle of 140° re-entering towards a point X. From X, A and B, were observed to subtend an angle of 30°, and B and C an angle of 40° : find the position of the point X with reference to A, B and C. 5. Construct a plain scale of 3 chains to 1 inches, and give its repre sentative fraction ? 6. The observed angle from a point A to two points B and C, of which the measured altitudes above the horizon from the same point are 30°, and 35° respectively, is 45°. Construct the horizontal angle between the lines AB and AC. 7. Draw a rough diagram of a beam compass, and explain the method of setting the instrument for use. a MORAL PHILOSOPHY. Specimen Paper. [Time 3 hours.] 1. Give the derivations of the words Moral and Ethical. Explain how they indicate the objects of Moral Philosophy. 2. By whom is the name “ Philosopher” said to have been first used ? How was it related to the name “Sophist”? When and how did that become a term of reproach ? What was the quarrel of Socrates with the Sophists of Athens generally ? Mention any particular Sophists who are introduced into the Dialogues of Plato, and any thing you may recollcct of their lives and opinions. 3. Pope calls Happiness “ Our being's end and aim.” What Greek Philo sopher adopted that maxim as the central one of his moral system ? Give his definition of Happiness, and examine the different parts of it. What is Paley's notion of Happiness ? 4. Give the etymologies of these words :- “ Conscience,” “ Duty," “ Virtue, Right," ,” “ Obligation," “ Law.”. Is the meaning of this word the same in Physical and Moral Science ? If not, what is the difference? 5. “ All this," says a great writer, “is nothing more than the distinction between mere Power and Authority." What is this distinction ? What is the application of it to moral questions ? 6. Give a short account of the following philosophers, noting (1) the times in which they lived, (2) the countries to which they respectively belonged, (3) any remarkable circumstances in their biographies, (4) what was most characteristic in their views of moral subjects : (a) Epicurus, (b) Epictetus, (c) Helvetius, (d) Butler, (e) Bentham, (f) Kant. 7. Explain and illustrate the difference between the adjectives “ arbitrary” and" voluntary.". 8. Explain the origin of the words " Appetite," " Affection," " Passion," , “Sympathy,” “ Habit,” “ Energy,” and illustrate the use of any of them by eminent writers on Morals. * MENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC. Specimen Paper. [Time 3 hours.] 1. Sir W. Hamilton quotes these words from Cicero and Macrobius as ex plaining the subject of Mental Philosophy : (1) Mens cujusque is est quisque, non ea figura quce digito demonstrari potest. (2) Ergo qui videtur non ipse verus homo est, sed verus ille est a quo regitur quod videtur. Translate these passages. To what theory about our nature are they opposed ? 2, Give the derivations of these words : observation, attention, reflectior, apprehersion, comprehension, preception, conception, subject, object, substance. Illustrate from these etymologies what you may re collect of the use of any of these words in philosophical writings. 3. Explain (by reference to their derivations) the words physiology, pyschology, pneumatology, ontology. What is Locke's objection to the study which is indicated by the last of these names ? 4. In what sense and on what grounds has Logic been called the Science of Names? What class of thinkers have protested against that description of it, and why? 5. In what sense is Logic an Art of Reasoning ? Why is that account of it insufficient ? 6. Explain the worú Category. What are Aristotle's Categories ? What objections bave been made to them? 7. Explain the dictum de omni et nullo. How has the syllogism been deduced from it? 8. Give some examples of the “undistributed middle," and of popular fallacies which can be traced to it. 9 Explain and illustrate the words “ Deduction and Induction.” Why is Experimental Philosophy commonly called also Inductive Philosophy. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA. Specimen Paper. [Time, 3 hours.] 1. Write a short account of Buddhism. Where are Buddbists still found in our Eastern Empire ? 2. Write a short sketch of Sivaji's early history down to his reception at Delhi. 3. Give an account of the events which led to the battle of Panipat in 1761. What other important events happened about the same time in other parts of India ? 4. Write an account of Chanda Sahib from his first connection with the French. 5. Who were the Rohillas ? Write a sketch of their history down to their conquest by the Nabob Vizier. What became of Fyzoollah Khan ? |
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