Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-08-27

8 or what importance 10 the re-
fiex action of the brain.
Q How 10 the temperature Of the
body regulated and sustained.
10 What are the essential parts
Of joint?
GEOMETRY. SECOND GRADE.
1 What 10 an angle? A theo-
rem? A problem.
2 Name and define the six diff
erent kinds Of triangles.
3 Draw Q figure and indicate al
ternate-interior and alternate-ex-
terror angles.
4 Prove that the exterior angle
OF q triangle is equal to the sum OF
the two opposite interior angles.
BOOK-KEEPING.-PIRs FIRST GRADE.
l How are accounts, which have
debit or credit balances still unset.
tied closed !?
2 How does Double Entry Book
Keeping differ from Single
3 Give transaction which would
require an entry on both the debit
and credit sides of the Cash Book
at the same time.
4 Write q negotiable note. A
receipt. 3O-day Draft.
5 A and b form O partnership,
capital $4,000. At the end of three
months the business showed the fol-
lowing: Mdse. unsold, $4,000, cash
on hand, 1884. so notes, due the firm,
$500, balances due the firm on per-
sonal accounts, s1451.-The firm
owed on accounts, $500. Make q
statement showing the net gain or
loss.
PHILOSOPHY. FIRST GRADE.
l State the three laws of motion.
2 What two opposing forces act
between the molecules of matter ?
How is this shown
3 Name the six mechanical pow
ers. Give the law of mechanics.
4 Give the method of finding
the specific gravity of a solid that
floats in wate-. OF solid that
sinks.
5 Explain the theory of the siphon.
6 Explain the transmission Of
sound through air.
z What 10 the action of a con-
cave mirror on rays of light? OF
q convex mirror? What of images
formed by each?
6 Name and define the three
modes of communicating heat.
8 II the temperature is 700 Fa.,
what is it G?
10 Explain the electric arc light.
ALGEBRA. FIRST GRADE.
L 80 lbs. of sea- water contain
l 10. Of salt, how much fresh water
must be added to these 80 lbs., in
order that the quantity of salt con-
tanned in 80 lbs. of the new mix
ture shall be reduced to / of ID.
2 | have 8 watches, and q chain
which is worth $50. The first
watch and chain are worth | as
much as the second and third
watches F; the second watch and
chain are worth three fifths as
much as the first and third watches
and the third watch and chain are
worth 8 times as much as the first
and second watches. What is the
value of each watch?
3 Find two numbers which are
to each other as M to n, and the
difference OF whose squares is b.
4 Find two numbers such, that
their product added to their sum
shall be AZ, and their sum taken
from the sum Of their squares shall
leave SO.
5 A person has $4,000, which he
divides into two parts and lends at
different rates Of interest, 80 that
the two parts produce equal returns.
Ii the first part had been lent at
the second rate Of interest, it would
have produced $3.50; and if the
second part had been lent at the
first rate of interest, it would have
produced $245. Find the rates of
interest.
6 A vintner draws q certain
quantity Of wine out of o full ves-
sci that holds ESQ GAL; and then
filling the vessel with water, draws
off the same number of gal. as be-
fore, and so on for four draughts,
when there were only 81 gal. of
pure wine left. How much wine
did he draw off each time?
Work must be given.)
GEOGRAPHY.
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