17. Where are the following places, and for what remarkable ?-Zutphen. Schemnitz. Samarcand. Sego. Manilla. Bahia. Balize. Mosul. Chuquisaca.

18. Trace the course of the tidal wave. Show how its origin and course are modified by geogra phical causes.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND CHEMISTRY,

The first question in each section is intended for students of the first year, and the second for those o the second year.

1. Enunciate the principle of the Parallelogram of Forces. Give reasons for believing in its truth. If three forces acting in different directions on a particle keep it at rest, what relation must there be between them, as regards both direction and magnitude?

2. Draw and describe the double barrelled air-pump, and explain the use and action of the syphon gauge.

By what experiments would you show (a) the elasticity of the air; (b) its resistance; (c) its weight?

3. Find the magnitude and point of application of the resultant of two parallel forces acting on a body.

(1) When they act in same direction.

(2) When they act in opposite directions.

4. Describe the action of the ordinary and Wirtemberg syphons. What modified form of the ordinary instrument is sometimes employed?

5. Three forces, of 6 lbs., 9 lbs., 12 lbs. respectively, act on a particle, the angle between their directions being 1208. Find the magnitude and direction of their resultant.

6. Explain the theory of the single microscope, showing how the magnifying power is ascertained. Describe also the compound microscope.

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7. The extremities A B, of a beam A B, rest on two beams C D, E. F, the extremities of C D and E F being supported on props. Length of A B 12 ft.; of C D = 8 ft.; E F 6 ft.; uniform weight of beams, 15 lbs. per linear foot. A weight of 1 ton is suspended from A B at a distance of 3 ft. from A; A is 2 ft. from C; B 1 foot from E. Find the pressure on the four props.

8. Explain the construction and use of the following electrical instruments:-the Leyden jar, the jointed discharger, the universal discharger, and the electroscope.

9. Find the relation of the power to the weight on the inclined plane, when there is equilibrium :(1) When the power acts parallel with length of the plane.

(2) When the power acts parallel with base of the plane.

10. How would you obtain, respectively, carbonic oxide, and carbonic acid? If you can, give more than one method in each case. Name experiments illustrative of the properties of each of these gases.

11. The angle of inclination of a rough inclined plane is 45°, the direction of the power to the length of the plane 30°, the friction is sufficient to support the entire weight when the angle of inclination is 30°. Find what power would keep at rest, and what power would raise a weight of 1 ton on the plane.

12. Under what forms is zinc found in nature, and by what processes is the pure metal obtained from the ores? What are the chief salts of zinc, and which is highly useful as a disinfectant? How do you distinguish salts of alumina from those of zinc ?

13. Solve the following questions:

(a) A stone let fall from a perpendicular cliff in the latitude of London is heard to strike the ground after an interval of 7 seconds. The velocity of sound being 1,125 ft. per second, find the height of the cliff.

(b) A ball projected with a velocity of 100 ft. per second from a point A in the direction A C, having an angle of inclination, with a horizontal line A B, of 30°, is drawn vertically downwards by an accelerating force of 5 ft. per second. Find the situation of the ball after 5 seconds.

14. Supposing that the following salts in solution were presented to you, by what tests would you identify them ?-(a) nitrate of silver; (b) sulphate of soda; (c) iodide of potassium; (d) chloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate); (e) a salt of lead; (f) a salt of copper.

15. Explain the following mechanical contrivances:-The eccentric. Parallel motion. The crank The sun and planet wheel. The air vessel of forcing pump.

16. State the composition of ordinary Prussian blue; also give that of Turnbull's Prussian blue. In each case, show by chemical equations the changes that take place.

17. Describe the construction of either the door-lock or the locomotive.

18. What are the symbols for-ferrocyanide of potassium; ferridcyanide of potassium; peroxide of iron; alum; acetate of lead; tartar emetic; alcohol?

GEOMETRY.

1. Demonstrate one of the following propositions:

Euclid III. 17, 32, or 36.

IV. 3, 10, or 15.

2. Demonstrate one of the following propositions:

(a) In any right-angled triangle, the rectilinear figure described on the hypotheneuse is equal to the sum of the similar and similarly described rectilinear figures upon the sides containing the right angle.

(b) Bisect a triangle by a line drawn from a given point in one of its sides.

(c) The square of the excess of one straight line above another is less than the squares of the two lines, by twice the rectangle under them.

(d) Given the base, the vertical angle, and the perpendicular in a plane triangle, to construct it. (e) Describe a circle whose circumference shall touch a line given in position, and pass through two given points.

Remittances from Auxiliary Societies and Corresponding Committees, &c., from September 1st, 1856,

Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfully received by Messrs. HANBURYS and Co., Bankers to the Society, 60, Lombard-street; and at the Society's House, Borough-road.

Printed by JACOB UNWIN, of No. 8, Grove Place, in the Parish of St. John, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, at his Printing Office, 31, Bucklersbury, in the Parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, in the City of London; and Published by THE SOCIETY, at the Depository, Borough Road.-THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1857.

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EDUCATIONAL RECORD.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.

RETIREMENT OF MR. DUNN.

Mr. DUNN having retired from the office of Secretary of the British and Foreign School Society, a Special Meeting of the General Committee was held on the 8th January last, when the following resolution was adopted, and, on Mr. Dunn's taking leave of the Committee, was presented to him :—

"At a Special Meeting of the Committee of the British and Foreign. School Society, held on the 8th January, 1857, B. E. Gurney, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair; the minute relative to the resignation of the office of secretary by Mr. Henry Dunn having been read, it was proposed by J. Ivatt Briscoe, Esq., seconded by Robert Forster, Esq., supported by John Corderoy, Esq., and resolved unanimously

"That in accepting the resignation of their Secretary, the Committee desire to express their deep sense of the loss which they and the Society sustain by the event.

"Mr. Dunn's connexion with the British and Foreign School Society has extended over thirty years, and for twenty-eight years he has held the office of secretary. During that long period he has ever been true to the obligations it imposed; its duties have been discharged with eminent ability,—with regularity, method, tact, and foresight; the Society has had in Mr. Dunn a wise and vigilant guardian of its rights, -one always equal to any change of circumstances, or any pressing emergency; its interests have been advanced by him, and its principles advocated, with untiring zeal and large success. The Committee have uniformly found him not only a diligent and conscientious officer, but an able and intelligent adviser; by his sound judgment, comprehensive views, and complete knowledge of educational matters, he has often rendered them invaluable assistance; and they now part from him with

the assurance that, to the last moment of his connexion with them, he enjoyed their undiminished respect, and their entire confidence.

"In thus expressing their high estimate of the character and ability of their friend and fellow-worker, and recording their grateful sense of the many services he has rendered, not only to the British and Foreign School Society, but to the cause of education generally; and in now taking leave of him, the Committee would unite in a cordial and fervent wish that the remainder of his life may be distinguished at once by usefulness and repose; that he may continue to enjoy, to a distant day, the respect and love of attached friends; and that, while thus blessed in himself, he may have the opportunity of benefiting others by still contributing to the advancement and success of what he has done so much to promote,—the cause of sound, comprehensive, and scriptural education."

At a meeting of the General Committee, held January 16th, it was unanimously resolved that the name of Henry Dunn, Esq., be added to the General Committee.

Mr. Wilks, who for the past ten years has represented the Society in the north of England, advocating its interests and inspecting its schools, has been unanimously appointed by the Committee to succeed Mr. Dunn. Mr. Wilks entered on the duties of his office as secretary at the commencement of the year.

NORMAL COLLEGE.

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS FROM DEC. 1, 1856, TO MARCH 1, 1857.

Two hundred and fifty-six students have been in training at the Normal College.

Eighty-six have been appointed to the charge of schools.

Fourteen have withdrawn, either from a desire to change their occupation, from failing health, or some other disqualification.

One hundred and thirty-eight remain in the Institution.

The following are among the places which have been supplied with teachers:

Egerton, Clifton, Bristol, Chippenham, Plymouth, Street, Swansea, Totness, Oundle, Cricklade, Bowdon, Hastings, Oswestry, Llanrwst, Blakeney, Dwyran, Canterbury, Sedburgh, Godalming, Brighton, Rhydlewis, Purfleet, Woolwich, Stratford-on-Avon, Radclyffe, Halifax, Daventry, Whitchurch, Dorking, Battersea, Blackheath, Baldock, Beaufort, Cardigan, Farringdon, Liverpool, Kidderminster, Gulworthy (Tavistock), Hutton (Bolton), Ffestiniog, Mile End Road, London; Hinton, Thirfield, Frome, Burwell, Kingsbridge, Stroud, Romsey, Sutton Courtney, Rotherham, Morpeth, Ashton, Ashborne, Abertillery, Cheltenham, Llanelly, Worcester, Ruabon, Wolf's Castle, Mayland, Liskeard, Dover, Lutterworth, Brentford, Barbican, Pershore, Woburn, Doncaster, Woodhurst.

CHRISTMAS EXAMINATIONS, 1856.

We announced in our last that the Examinations were held in December, under Messrs. Bowstead and Matthew Arnold, H.M. Inspectors of Schools. The results have since been published.

QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIPS.

The following are the names of the successful Candidates, who have since been -received into the Normal College.

I. MALES.

First Class Scholarship of £23, with a personal Allowance of £4. Henry Roch, Pembroke Dock, B.S.; William H. Griffey, Bideford, B.S.; Alfred Sharp, Hull, Holderness Ward, B.S.; William Cooper, Stockport, B.S.; Charles J. Rodgers, Milford (Derby), B.S.; Thomas W. Good, Devonport, Naval and Military S.; William Newman, Fenstanton, B.S.; Samuel Mann, Bristol, Redcrossstreet, B.S.; Edwin Dakin, Westbourne Park School; Edwin Savage, Warrington, B.S.; George E. Mellor, Manchester, New Jerusalem Ch. School; Wilkinson Northrop, Cullingforth, W.S.; William Rees, Caermarthen Lancasterian School; Hugh Jones, Rhosybol, B.S.; Samuel Leigh, Hurst, B.S.; Thomas B. Hicks, Liskeard, B.S.; Henry Ball, Hurst, B.S.; Napoleon S. Batterbee, Somers Town, B.S.; Henry B. Berry; Matthew E. Griffiths, Tortworth, Ducies School; David Hughes, Holyhead, B.S.; John Roberts, Beddgelert, B.S.; Isaiah Cole, Wottonunder-Edge, B.S.; Benjamin Dennison, Great Bardfield, B.S.; Henry Miles, Birmingham Domestic Mission School; Thomas Worth, Bodmin, W.S.; William Leetham, York, Hope-street, B.S.; Walter Browning, Croydon, B.S.; Robert Hooper, Plymouth, Public Free B. School; Isaac Mitchell, Ilkeston, B.S.; William Harris, Caermarthen, B.S.

Second Class Scholarship of £23.—No personal Allowance.

Stanley Reeves, Birmingham, Ch. of Saviour, B.S.; Daniel Smith, Skipton, B.S.; John Ferguson, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Pres. S.; George Jenks, Bermondsey, B.S.; Thomas Young, Lyme Regis, B.S.; John Buckley, Lees Zion, Methodist N.C. Day School; Ellis Jones, Llangollen, B.S.; Edwin W. Whereat, Bristol, Redcross-street, B.S.; John Patterson, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Pres. S.; David Hitch, Spalding, B.S.; Samuel Beddow, Swansea, B.S.; John H. Asbridge, Spalding, B.S.; William B. Gunn, Birmingham, Domestic Mission S.; Joseph Newham, Hull, Holderness Ward, B.S.; Edmund Wood, Birmingham, New Jerusalem Ch. S.; Joseph Birkett, Stockport, B.S.; Henry M. Brookes, Saffron Walden, B.S.; Robt. W. Solomon, Devonport, Naval and Military S.; David Owen, Towyn and Pennal, B.S.; James Richardson, Arundel, B.S.; Thomas Mayo, Cromhall, Ducies School; Thomas Birkby, Altrincham and Bowdon Downs, B.S.; William Hemmingway, Manchester, New Jerusalem Ch. S.; William Baker, Spitalfields (Wood-street), B.S.; Thomas Viccars.

II. FEMALES.

First Class Scholarship of £17, with a personal Allowance of £3. Sarah H. Gordge, Romsey, B.S.; Annie Jarratt, Leicester, B.S.; Jane Tucker, Pembroke Dock, B.S.; Frances Sarah Else, Faversham, B.S.; Ruth Ings, Boroughroad, B.S.; Eleanor Williams, Blaina, B.S.; Caroline Burroughs, Norwich, Octagon Chapel S.; Ellen Webber, Taunton, B.S.; Caroline Robinson, Saffron Walden, B.S.; Alicia Bullen; Ann Barningham, Manchester, B.S.; Mary Jane Potts, Hull, B.S.; E. E. Varey, Salford, Pres. School; Jane Moss, Manchester, New Jerusalem Ch. School; Eliza Evans, Caermarthen, Lancasterian School; Martha Wigley, Caermarthen, Lancasterian School.