Calendar: 1893-1894 Page 865

FACULTY OF SCIENCE cxlvii State how the True North" can be found both by day and night What is meant by the Variation" of the compass Two roads start from the same point one having rising gradient of in 100 and the other falling gradient of in 70 What will be the differences of level at 000 yards and at 75 chains respectively measured on horizontal datum Make sketches of the Theodolite and Circumferentor explanatory of their construction and describe how these instruments are used Explain the chief sources of error in Chaining in Levelling Describe how curves are set out with the chain Make sketch of the telescope of level showing the positions of the various parts with their names Explain יי Line of Collimation and Parallax State how level can be tested to ascertain if it is in adjustment 10 Convert 20 into square yards 11 Having repeated an angle with the Theodolite show how the mean of the readings is arrived at 12 Plot of Survey previously prepared SECOND YEAR Describe how Plane Table Survey is carried out What is the Three Point Problem Explain how hydraulic surveying is carried out at sea with Sextant and Station Pointer and soundings taken and recorded allowing for rise and fall of tide What are the principles upon which the Stadiometer Omnimeter and Tacheometer are constructed In selecting the route for main road state the essential conditions that require to be observed Give sketches explanatory of the shape and construction of main country road with heavy traffic road with small traffic