Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-11-17

each teacher In the COunty-hoW can II
be gotten? Many fear to be seen study
ling lest it be thought that there are
some few things they don't know.
A Partial List of Questions asked al
the High School Monthly Examination
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
Arrange into poetic ines, parse the
ita!icised words, punctuate and capital
ize the following exercise:
hour sleep the brave who sink to rest bs
all their countrys wishes 5Iest when hou :
or comes a pilgrim gIay to beck the turi
that wraps their clay and freedom shall
aUhiLe repair to dwell Il weeping hermit
there
| 1u parsing propositions the name o.
the relation is required TO he given, and
with infinitives, the grammatical cen
struction leading to its use as in above
to deck limits the verb comes by demo.
ting purpose OF coming.
PHILOSOPHY.
L. Mention three properties of solids
and define?
2. How many states, of matter?
8. Give rule for finding specific gravi-
ty of body?
4. How many lbs. pressure on The
bottom ofa vessel in. so, it, deep with
water?
8. Give rule for finding the distance a
body will fall in given time.
6. A body falls 12seconds; how far does
it fall the last seconds?
Z. A body begins 10 fall with veloci-
ty Of 100 feet per second; what is its We
locity at end of seven tn second?
s A weight of 1900 lbs is feet from fnl-
crum of lever 80 feet long; what power
will lift it?
ARiTHMETIC-CLASS B.
1. What is the difference between
simple aud compound numbers?
2 How many cubic inches in book
14inches long, inches wide, containing
$50 pages, 100 leaves making one inch
of thickness?
8. The floor of room Is by 16 feet, is
covered with wheat Is inches deep; what
is the number of bushels?
4. Two places on the equator are As
degrees apart; what is the difference OF
time and difference of distance i'm miles?
5. Reduce SO rods to Ell. French
ARITHMETIC GLASS a.
l. What is the difference between true
and Bank discount?
2. A piece of cloth 2lO Ell English in
length shrinks 2 per cent; how many
yards left
8. The I-9 of a number is what per
cent. of : of of it?
4. In what time will q sum of money
double itself at 8 per cent?
5. What is the 18th term in the series
8. 5. T.?
6. What is sum of series 6. 8. IL. num-
ber of terms %?
Z. Find the IL term of the series J, l,
2?
s. Find tho cube root of to within
Ii
8. A box whose dimensions are feet
being full of water is emptied into an
other which is 2 feet wide aud feet long.
how deep will the water be?
ASTRONOMY.
1. Tell all you know about the Earth
as a Heavenly body.
2. Tell all you know about Mars and
Jupiter.
3. What is meant by the Ecliptic?
4. Write paragraph ofsix lines about
the Moon?
5. How do Astronomers know that the
Sun rotates on an axis?
6. How do you knot0 that the Earth
rotates on an axis?
CHEMISTRY.
l. Describe the process of Combustion
and give its results?
2. State the theory concerning animal
heat?
8. Prove that plants get the greater
part of their material from the air and
describe the analytic process in the
leaf.
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5. Name several gases and state their
properties.
ALGEBRA-A CLASS.
We will have to leave out most of the
signs not usually found in printing
office.
l. The xth root of squared equals 80
2. q to the xth power equals b squared
multiplied by C cubed.
8. q to the xth power plus " power
equals &c. to the xth power minus b
" power equals I'd.
4. A builder engages a number of
workman, if he give each M shillings a
day, he will spenda shillirgs less than
amount assigned for the purpose; but lie
will lose shillings if he give each man
n shillings. Req .ired the number Of
workmen and the daily wages?
GEOMETRY.
Define Circle, Circumference, and Lo-
Gus.
l. Draw a circumference with given
R. through given point and tang. to
given line.
2. Demonstrate how many radii can
be at right angles to certain diameter.
8. Prove that the angle formed by two
tangents is twice the ang. made by a
line joining the tangent points and
radius drawn to one of these points.
4. How many circumferences can be |
drawn tangent to three intersecting
lines. Demonstrate.