Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 511

WARNEFORD SCHOLARSHIPS How does timber decay and how is it preserved Given beam of fir foot square and 20 feet long between supports and lying level what is its safe load distributed equally To give it double the strength what is the thickness of cast-iron flitch to be inserted supposing the halves to be also reversed Sketch the section for cast-iron girder of inch metal and 12 inches deep and explain tbe principle of design Sketch the section for plate-iron girder of equal strength to the last approximately and explain tbe principle of design Show the way to set out the catenarian curve by parallelo- grains of forces and note the equalities of forces on the margin 10 Sketch the section of the old sewers of London with the deposit therein and explain the defect and the remedy 11 Which is the best foundation common rock or common sand 12 Draw section of tbe Britannia Bridge and describe the principle of design VIII SSSarnefortr Jftrst fflass cijolarsfctps ty Verona Ϊ300& of tngs The work character and influence of Elisha as compared with Elijah Give an account of tbe two revolutions by which the house of Ahab was overthrown in Jezreel and Jerusalem respectively Trace the successive stages of Assyrian invasion and give an account of the relations between Assyria and Judab to tbe time of the destruction of Sennacherib's army The work of Hezekiah as religious reformer What traces are there of his wish to restore the monarchy to the position it had held under Solomon How far was he successful in this The reign3 of Manasseb and Zedekiah κ κ