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Describe the common Hydrometer, and the method of using it.

Describe the variations which the effective force of gravity undergoes in sustaining the motion of a simple pendulum.

How is the pendulum employed in determining the accelerating effect of the force of gravity ?

Define a lever, and state its mechanical advantage. Into what classes have straight levers been divided ? Describe the mechanism by which the human arm is bent and extended.

Write a short account of the principal chemical changes to which the name ‘fermentation’ has been given.

How would you ascertain qualitatively the chemical composition of a tubercle ?

Explain briefly the method of spectrum analysis, and state some of the discoveries which have resulted from its application.

How is phosphorus obtained ?

Describe the mode of preparation and properties of iodide of potassium.

What are the principal constituents of coal gas ?

In what metallic solutions does sulphuretted hydrogen produce precipitates in presence of an acid ? How is this gas prepared ?

What are the sources and properties of ammonia ?

By what methods may oxygen be prepared ?

In what relation do the chemical elements stand to the other kinds of matter on the earth's surface ? Why are air and water, respectively, no longer regarded as elements ?

Write a short description of the Museum-Preparations, Nos. ⟦specimen numbers left blank in the source⟧

Describe at length the preparation labelled No. 5, specifying the functions which its several component parts perform in life.

Write a description of the plants labelled 2, 3, and 4, and give a short history of the Natural Orders to which they belong.

What does the Microscope enable you to predicate of the organisms contained in the jar labelled No. 1 ?

Place under the Microscope some of the tissue of which the greater part of the organ you have dissected is made up ; and state the points in which it differs from tissue bearing the same name in other parts of the body.

Make such a dissection of the organ put before you as will enable you to demonstrate and describe the greatest number of its internal cavities and structures which are visible in one view.

What are the main points of difference and what the main points of interdependence existing between the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms ?