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Define the centre of gravity of a body. What properties has the centre of gravity (1) with respect to the equilibrium of the body, (2) with respect to its motion ?

Prove the impossibility of constructing a machine for producing perpetual motion.

Explain the terms Molecule, Elasticity, Inertia, Force.

Give the ratio which equal volumes of the following gases bear to the volumes of the elements of which they consist :—Hydrochloric Acid, Water, Protoxide of Nitrogen, Binoxide of Nitrogen, Ammonia.

How may Glucose be prepared and detected ?

What are the constituents of cows' milk, and how may they be separated ?

Explain briefly how each of the substances named in the preceding question may be best prepared.

Give the Chemical Formulæ of the following substances :—Hydrocyanic Acid, Formic Acid, Oxalic Acid, Calomel, Corrosive Sublimate, Arsenious Acid, Tartar-Emetic, Chlorate of Potash.

What observations are required for the accurate comparison of the volumes of two gases, and for what reasons ?

What formula would you assign to a substance which gave the following results to analysis :—

and of which the vapour density was 3.05.

What are the proportions respectively required of Carbonate of Potash, Carbonate of Soda, and Caustic Magnesia to neutralize a given quantity of Sulphuric Acid ?

Give the Natural History of some venomous animal, or of some parasite, to the attacks of which our own species is subject.

Write an account, and give a sketch of the relations of the Ciliary Muscle in the Human Eye.

What are the various conditions which affect the Phænomena known as “Rigor Mortis ?”

What conditions necessarily follow, what are known to modify powerfully the working of Apnæa ?

Contrast and compare the microscopic Anatomy of the Aorta with that of a Vena Cava.

Give a short account of the several substances known as Hæmatocrystallin, Hæmatoidin, Hæmatin, Chlorophyll, Biliverdin, Taurin, Excretin, Glycogen, Gluten, Legumin.

What are the characteristics of the Human Fœtus at seven months ?

What are the microscopic appearances presented by the more common varieties of Starch, and in what do their Chemical reactions differ from those of Dextrin and Inulin ?

Give an account of the assimilation of Nitrogen' by Plants, and of the excretion of it by Animals.