Sessional Papers, Volume 49H.M. Stationery Office, 1900 - Great Britain |
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Page 5 - Snellen'a test types will be used for determining the acuteness of vision.) Squint, inability to distinguish the principal colours, or any morbid condition, subject to the risk of aggravation or recurrence in either eye, will cause the rejection of a candidate.
Page 165 - SIR : I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the lords commissioners of her Majesty's treasury, that...
Page 6 - A knowledge of the metric system will be expected. Chemistry. — The laws of chemical combination and decomposition, and the preparation, classification, and properties of the principal metallic and non-metallic elements, and of such of their compounds as are treated of in inorganic chemistry. In the practical part of the examination, only the more ordinary apparatus and the less dangerous re-agents will be supplied, and no candidate will be allowed to bring his own apparatus or re-agents. Heat...
Page 2 - Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, and simple interest, 3,000 marks; (6) algebra, up to and including the binomial theorem ; the theory and use of logarithms...
Page 6 - Latin. — Passages selected from the authors usually read in schools will be set for translation into English. Passages from English authors will be given for translation into Latin prose and verse, but candidates will be allowed, in the place of verse composition, to answer questions of a simple character, which will test whether they possess a fundamental knowledge of the grammar of the language, and such an elementary acquaintance with Roman History as is required for the intelligent study of...
Page 4 - ... and its anterior lower edge the upper part of the nipples. The arms will then be lowered to hang loosely by the side, and care will be taken that the shoulders are not thrown upwards or backwards so as to displace the tape. The candidate will then be directed to empty his chest of air as much as possible.
Page 3 - It must be distinctly understood that passing such preliminary medical board is solely for the candidate's information, and would give him no sort of claim to be accepted as physically fit when he presents himself as a candidate.
Page 11 - Comptroller General of the Receipt and Issue of Her Majesty's Exchequer and Auditor General of Public Accounts, in this Act referred to as " Comptroller and Auditor General...
Page 2 - Rectification and quadrature of plane curves. Statics : equilibrium of forces and couples in one plane. Friction ; Centre of gravity ; Mechanical powers. Problems on elementary statics : the graphical or geometrical method of treating such problems should be studied as well as the analytical. No applications of the differential calculus to statics will be required. Dynamics : elementary principles ; Projectiles ; Motion of a heavy particle on a smooth curve ; centrifugal force ; Simple pendulum.