Calendar: 1861-1862 Page 528

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 529 III -Cijemfatrji What is the principle of Ruhmkorff's Coil Describe the Voltameter and explain its action Suppose you have five cells of Daniell's battery and connect all the zincs together and all the copper-plates together what would be the difference of such an arrangement from the plan of connecting them consecutively the zinc of one with the copper of the next Formulate the two cases and show what are the respective advantages of the two arrangements How does Daniell's differ from Smee's battery State concisely the difference between Common and Polarized light and mention how the one may be experimentally distin- guisbed from the other Illustrate what is meant by homologous series of products What are the generic characters of an Alcohol what of an Aldehyd what of an Ether How is ordinary Ether prepared Describe its properties What does it yield when passed through red hot tubes and what when acted on by chlorine in excess Describe formic acid the modes of preparing it and the result of its decomposition by heating formiate with oil of vitriol 10 How may morphia and strychnia be chemically distin- guished from each other how may each be identified 11 liquid contains salts of copper lead zinc and lime in solution How may you show the presence of each of these substances and how would you separate them 12 What are the properties of iodide of potassium How is it obtained 13 Describe the properties of chloride of silver and state how it may be made to yield pure silver 14 Enumerate the oxides of iron How may each be ob- tained What are the properties of each 15 Describe the mode of obtaining permanganate of potash Mention some of its applications