Calendar: 1925-1926 Page 204

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING 203 of each Academical Year during the month preceding'the opening of the College for the Michaelmas Term For time table of the Examina- tion see 237 Candidates must intimate to the Secretary the subjects they propose to take at least one week before the Examina- tion commences and must send him at the same time the Examination fee of £1 Is SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION English one Paper time allowed hours general Paper comprising questions in Geography History and Literature Mathematics two Papers time allowed hours for each Arithmetic-The principles and processes of Arithmetic applied to whole numbers and vulgar and decimal fractions-The Metric System -Approximations to specified degree of accuracy-Contracted methods of multiplication and division of decimals-Ratio and pro- portion-Percentage-Averages Practical applications of Arithmetic Algebra Symbolical expression of general results in Arithmetic- Algebraic laws and their applications-Factors of simple binomial or quadratic expressions-Equations of the first or second degree and problems leading thereto-Square root-Graphs of simple rational integral algebraic functions-Arithmetic and harmonic progression- Geometric progression-Theory of indices-Logarithms-Binomial theorem for positive integral index Geometry The subjects of Euclid I-IV with simple deductions including easy loci and the areas of triangles and parallelograms of which the bases and altitudes are given commensurable lengths Euclid proofs will not be insisted upon Trigonometry Up to and including the solution of tri- angles together with applications involving the use of logarithmic and other tables Two of the following subjects time allowed hours for each Paper Note -For Students in the Faculty of Engineering modern language should be taken to comply with the regulations of the Institution of Civil Engineers Geometrical Drawing is not accepted as subject by the Institution of Civil Engineers Alternative Subjects Latin Translation Prose Composition and Grammar Greek French German Italian Spanish Russian