Calendar: 1899-1900 Page 794

cxlii FACULTY OF SCIENCE Sketch and explain how the section of retaining wall is calculated How can the Barometer be used in determining heights 10 What are the main causes of slips in earthworks both banks and cuttings What precautions can be taken to prevent them ן 11 How would you test Portland Cement before allowing it to be used on works 12 Describe the composition of Portland Cement Concrete for foundations δ wall of chamber to hold water light arches The following were previously prepared 13 Essay on setting out Curves in the Field 14 Sketches showing part of Contract plan and section for railway 15 Cross Section of valley showing stratification deter- mined from boreholes 16 Description of road construction 17 Plots of Survey and Sections taken in the Field 18 Diagram of strains in arches and design for an arched chamber 19 Plot of hydraulic survey by soundings 20 Design for underground chamber THIRD YEAR State the characteristics of water derived from various geological formations Explain how the length of Waste Weir" and the section of Bye Pass י for reservoir are determined in reference to flood discharge In piling to make foundation in bad ground how are the weight that pile can bear and its "set" determined What is the "radius of gyration" of member of structure in compression Give ar illustration