Calendar: 1888-1889 Page 768

760 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Describe the uses of Scotch fir' in housebuilding" 10 Sketch timber arch 20 feet span and explain the principle 11 Sketch an ordinary King Post roof truss and explai what it carries 12 Describe rolled iron and its uses 13 Sketch several sections of rolled iron girders explain them 14 Sketch an iron Lattice Girder and trace the strains 15 Sketch Tubular Bridge and describe the princip of design 16 When is it expedient to cover the whole site of House with Concrete eologp antf fHtnualogn SECOND YEAR Define the geological terms Conformity Physical Biological break Give an example of each break Name the great groups of strata which occur in England between the base of the Trias and the top of the Cretaceous Where are the Pliocene strata in England Why are they so called What is Oolite Describe its method of formation What are the substances forming Chalk Describe them vstA ר mi ζ is ctc יי η י 'q State what you know about Granite What are the minerals which enter into the composition of Diorite Distinguish briefly between Nautilus and an Am- monite ΛΌ "11 Explain Darwin's theory of the persistence of types on the same area Illustrate your meaning by Australian υ New Zealand examples 10 Name the great groups of the Reptilia which lived luring the ages of the Trias and Lias