Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 770
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CVI 11 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT vessel by condensing syringe whose barrel has £th of the volume of the vessel compute the density of the air after 16 strokes 10 Two vertical glass tubes communicate with each other at the bottom and to the top of one of them can be attached flask show how to determine by an application of Boyle's law the capacity of the flask the density of solid which cannot be immersed in liquid IV -fHtcfeamc SECOND AND THIRD YEARS Define energyיי and "horse-power An engine of horse-power is employed in drawing water from well 50 feet deep by means of bucket attached to chain the bucket weighs 60 lbs and holds 30 cubic feet of water and the weight of the chain is 120 lbs determine the number of cubic feet of water raised in hours assuming no time to be lost in letting down the bucket Two men one stronger than the other have to remove block of stone weighing 300 lbs with light plank whose length is feet the weaker man cannot carry more than 100 lbs how must the stone be placed on the plank so as just to allow him that share of the weight The diagonals of square plate Λ Β CD intersect in Ο the triangle BOC is cut out and placed so as to fit upon the triangle AOD and the two portions are firmly connected in this position find the centre of gravity of the body thus formed Show how to find the stresses along the different parts of an ordinary crane weight of tons is suspended from crane the crane post is 30 feet long the tension-rod is 45 feet long and the jib 66 feet find the stresses along the different parts railway train of 200 tons is running at 30 miles an hour Find its energy of motion in foot-tons Also if the
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