Calendar: 1873-1874 Page 565

APPLIED SCIENCES 565 mites and sternbergia Stale the structure peculiar to each and correlate the series with living forms What is amber Where is it found State the differences by which cyclopteris neuropteris sphenopteris and pecopteris can be distinguished What theories have been brought forward to account for the formation of coal Explain the chief peculiarities of anthracite steam coal and bituminous coal Arrange the following in their true order Carboniferous Permian Cretaceous Devonian Eocene and Trias Are any groups omitted 10 Mention one or more fossils characteristic of the Palaeozoic Mesozoic and Cainozoic formations Jfeurbeinng auli Hebclltng THIRD YEAH Explain the uses and adjustments of the Spirit Level Obliged to work with had instrument what would you do to secure correctness In your Field Book which of the columns are Field Columns and which the Plotting Columns and how do you secure correctness in your Plotting Columns How do you ascertain the correction for the earth's curva- ture so as to reduce for long distances the apparent to the true level Given the following heights of Embankment at POO feet at 510 00 feet Slopes to centre at 12-00 15 feet width 30 feet at 20-00 feet How many cube yards Required rates of inclination of the following gradients At 100 feet 300 feet 120 feet