NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.-PART II. PRACTICAL EXAMINATION. The Board of Examiners. 1. Determine the graduation errors of the given glass scale. 2. Find the density of the given solid at 0° C., making all corrections. 3. Determine the relation between the rate of cooling in air of a hot body and the excess of its temperature above that of its surroundings. 4. Find the coefficient of cubical expansion of glass. 5. Find Poisson's ratio for the given substance. 6. Determine the pitch of the given fork by the tonometer. 7. Compare the reflecting powers of the given surfaces for light incident at 45°. 8. Determine the longitudinal aberration of the given mirror. 9. Determine the chemical equivalent of copper, and ascertain the limit of accuracy of your investigation. 10. Make a coil of German silver wire of resistance 1 ohm. ANCIENT HISTORY. SECOND PAPER. The Board of Examiners. Write a careful Essay upon each of the following subjects: (1) Civis Romanus sum. (2) The merits and the defects of the Senatorial government of Rome. (3) The Roman character as contrasted with the Grecian. (4) The constitution of the Parthian Empire at the time of its first contact with Rome. (5) "In an extreme democracy the Demos is tyrant, and the demagogues are the tyrant's flatterers." (6) Federation as a form of political association. HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART I. SECOND PAPER. The Board of Examiners. Write a careful Essay upon each of the following subjects: (1) Edgar the Peaceful. (2) The origin and development of the Military Tenures. (3) The origin and constitutional value of the English system of Trial by Jury. (4) The influence of the Church as a factor in national development. (5) A survey of the reign of the first Lancastrian sovereign. (6) The attitude of the Judges towards the Crown under the first two Stuart sovereigns. FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF EXPRESSION, AND INTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIED WORKS. SECOND YEAR. Professor Marshall-Hall. 1. Phrase and mark the accents and cresc. dim., &c., of Beethoven's Op. 68, as far as the double-bar of the first movement. 2. Mention briefly the main points to be brought out in interpreting the "Eroica" Symphony. 3. Phrase and put expression marks to (a) the first 15 bars of No. VII. of J. S. Bach's 3 part "Inventions"; (b) the subjects and countersubjects of the Fugues in Eb major, Bb minor, G major, C minor of the 1st book of "Das Wohltemperirte Klavier." Also comment on the Preludes in C minor, Bb minor, and Eb minor. |