Calendar: 1870-1871 Page 563

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 503 anhydride Describe two methods of obtaining it By what reactions is it distinguished How is the process of alkalimetry applied to ascertain the quantity of soda caustic and carbonated in sample of soda ash How is cyanogen obtained Give proofs of its composition by analysis Describe the preparation and properties of hydro- cyanic acid the tests for its presence and Liehig's mode of ascertaining the quantity in solution IV -Gijrafatrjj Describe the air pump and explain the action of the mercurial gauge What temperatures in the centigrade scale correspond to 15 45 and 72 and to what do 17 15 and 112 correspond in degrees The latent heat of steam is said to be 966 Explain the meaning of the expression and describe the mode in which the result is obtained experimentally If the dew-point is given as 51 what is meant by the state- meut and how is the fact ascertained Illustrate the three principal modes in which body when electrically excited may be restored to its neutral state Describe the process of separating silica in the colloid form from its solution in potash by means of dialysis Explain the use of sulphuretted hydrogen as classifying test in analysis and state broadly the distinctions between the alkalies and alkaline earths Ν Ν