Calendar: 1885-1886 Page 707

APPLIED SCIENCES 699 YIII 2kt$ of Construction SECOND YEAR Given heap of clay block of limestone wood and water how to produce mass of concrete and how to estimate its bulk Distinguish between superior granite and inferior and Describe the decay of timber staging in tidal water and Describe very briefly the process of manufacture of plate girder from the ore to the finish Sketch accurately the section of cast-iron girder and state the reasons for it in full Sketch accurately the sections of four kinds of malleable iron girders and explain them Sketch carefully timber roof truss of 25 feet span and one-third pitch and explain fully the process of design The same for 35 feet span Sketch carefully the longitudinal section of road bridge of stone span 20 feet rise of arch feet headway 10 feet concrete foundation with plan of abutment 10 Calculate the safe load on the middle for beam of sound fir 10 inches square span 20 feet halved and reversed with wrought-iron flitch inch thick 11 semici how the principle of the arch applies 12 Sketch and explain brick foundation for pedestal feet sauare in London clay IX eeoiogp mitt jDfltmiralogg SECOND YEAR Give proofs that there were volcanoes in existence during the Tertiary geological age and mention an instance of tissure eruption