Senior Examination Papers, 1876. 
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EXAMINATION IN MENSUEATION AND 
SUEVEYING. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Thursday, April 20th, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. Show how to draw through one corner of a rectangulai' field a 
straight line to cut off one-third of its area. 
2. How many cuhic feet of water is a circular tank 20 feet across 
and 10 feet deep callable of holding ? 
3. A cutting is 300 feet long, the slope on either side is uniformly 
2 feet vertical to 1 foot horizontal, at the bottom the width (which is 
horizontal) is 20 feet, at the top the width (which is also horizontal 
gradually increases from 30 feet at one end 
of the cutting to 50 feet at the other end ; 
find the volume of earth to be moved in 
making the cutting. 
4. A conical tent is 12 feet high on a base 
18 feet in diameter; how many yards of 
canvas 2 feet wide are required to make it 
(without allowing for waste in cutting) ? 
5. If the specific gravity of marble is 
2-625, how many cubic feet are there in a 
block weighing 4 tons 15 cwts. '? 
6. Describe the vernier and explain its 
use in measuring small distances. 
7. A B C are three stations ; it is kno^M* 
that from A to B is 756 feet, and that the 
angle A B C is 37° 15' ; the distance from 
A to C is then measured and found to be 
510 feet; determine by construction and 
calculation the distance B C. Show that 
there is an ambiguity in your answer, and 
suggest any way that occm-s to you of re- 
moving it by a subsidiary observation. 
8. The distance between two points is 
known to be 5 j miles ; it is found that on a 
map they are represented as being 4*6 inches 
apart ; what scale of yaids to the inch has 
been used in making the map ? 
9. A B C D are four points at the corners 
of a field ; from B to D is 1320 links ; plot 
the accompanying notes and find the area 
of the field. 
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