Calendar: 1889-1890 Page 773

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 127 SECOND YEAR star transits at place minutes 30 seconds later than at Greenwich How is this place situated with reference to Greenwich Calculate by trigonometrical tables the distances of the church from the extremities of the measured base A-Β in the following sketch Church 58 52 20 chains Β Describe the Planimeter and the Sextant by sketches State their uses railway has rising gradient of in 360 from miles fur to miles fur and falling gradient from miles fur to miles fur The at miles fur is 126 What are the 's at the other points How is contour survey carried out Explain in detail the way to set out with the chain curve of 12 chains radius State the sources of error that arise in levelling What are the corrections for curvatureמ at distances of 60 and 80 chains Describe how the adjustments of level are checked level road has to be raised 15 feet at one point and the gradients on both sides of the altered road are to be in 40 At what distance would the altered road meet the original road on either side 10 Explain how to run the base lines of survey for proposed line of railway and how to till in and cc reference the survey 11 Plots of survey and sections previously prepared