Calendar: 1870-1871 Page 539

APPLIED SCIENCES 539 What do you mean by precession of the equinoxes 'and notation What is the line of argument adopted to show the con- nexion between the laws which regulated the origin and formation of the globe and tlie succession of different climates during con- secutive geological periods What is the probable depth of the lowest sedimentary deposits What are the proofs of the existence of source of heat deep in the earth 10 Define layer stratum seam formation 11 Are strata formed during tbe elevation the subsidence or the stationary condition of surfaces 12 What is joint 13 What is slaty clearage and how does it differ from bedding or lamination 14 What is fault 15 Define synclinal and anticlinal valleys 16 What is meant by the "dip of strata 17 Draw diagram of conformable and unconformable stratifications 18 What relation has volcano to the sedimentary strata in its neighbourhood and of what is the cone composed 19 Name the localities two where there were active volcanoes during the Miocene period 20 What are coseismic points diagram to describe them will suffice 21 How are mountains formed 22 What are the structural differences between the dorsal and neutral shells of Brachiopoda 23 In which formation are Nummulites found 24 In which formation is Eozoon Canadense found 25 Describe the anatomy of the Spongida 26 State the differences between the rugose and the other corals