6. Shew that to compound two vibrations which differ in phase and amplitude is the same pro

blem as to compound two forces which differ in direction and intensity.

7. Prove that the energy of a system of charged conductors is a quadratic function of their potentials, and shew that the charge in any conductor may be obtained from this function by differentiation.

8. Give the theory, construction, and mode of employment of Thomson's Absolute Electrometer.

9. Prove that the line integral of the magnetic intensity along a closed curve looped on a current is equal to 4 times the current strength. Hence shew how to determine the magnetizing force of a helix carrying a current.

10. Describe completely the construction and working of a compound-wound Gramme Dynamo.

ANCIENT HISTORY.

The Board of Examiners.

PASS AND FIRST HONOUR PAPER.

Answer fully and clearly NINE, and only Nine, of the following questions.

1. Explain clearly, and illustrate from your reading, the relation assumed to exist between a primitive worshipper and his god.

2. Distinguish between Agnati and Cognati, and account for the rule of inheritance which formerly in English law excluded the half-blood.

3. Explain the nature and scope of the authority of a Grecian despot. Mention some of the ways by which the despots acquired their power.

Was their rule an unmixed evil? Give your reasons.

4. What incidents led to the battle of Tanagra ? What were its effects on the state of parties at Athens ?

5. Contrast the position of an Athenian dikastery with that of an English jury. Which do you consider the better medium for arriving at truth?

6. What was the first occasion on which Sparta acted as head of the Peloponnesian allies? Was the undertaking a success?

7. Relate briefly the circumstances under which Rome acquired (a) Sardinia, and (b) Illyria.

8. What were the ordinary functions of a Roman tribune? When did the deposition of the tribune Octavius take place? Why was the event important?

9. Compare the Phoenicians with the other Mediterranean nations of antiquity as to (a) their commerce, (b) their intellectual endowments, (c) their political qualities.

10. Trace the rise of the patricio-plebeian nobility at Rome.

11. Give some account of Quintus Sertorius.

12. Discuss Dr. Mommsen's estimate of Cæsar as a statesman.

13. "Cicero a political weathercock." Comment on this dictum.

14. Describe briefly the style of life under the early Empire (a) of an ordinary Roman citizen, (b) of a Roman noble.

15. In what respects was the reign of Domitian a period of administrative reaction?

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART I.

The Board of Examiners.

PASS AND FIRST HONOUR PAPER.

Answer fully and clearly NINE, and only nine, of the following questions.

1. Give some account of Dunstan and of his work both as a statesman and as an ecclesiastic.

2. To what causes would you refer the final supremacy of Wessex?

3. Compare briefly the working of the feudal system in England and on the Continent, and account for any differences.

4. Write a short estimate of Henry the Second as a law reformer.

5. What were the permanent political results of the rebellion of de Montfort?

6. Give an account of the process by which the English guilds grew up and acquired their peculiar privileges.

7. What were the Ordinances of 1310? Why were they enacted? When were they revoked? Why was the revocation important?

8. Explain the phrase "the New Monarchy" as applied to the Yorkist kings.

9. Define the policy, domestic and foreign, of Thomas Cromwell. Do you know anything of his personal history?

10. Why at first had the Reformation in England so little to do with changes in doctrine ?

11. Mention any privileges of Parliament that were established under the Tudor sovereigns.

12. Trace briefly the career of the successive favourites of James the First.

13. On what questions was the Long Parliament unanimous? When and why did the unanimity cease?

14. Consider the character and political aims of Charles the Second.

15. Give some account of the Habeas Corpus Act. What defects, if any, in the law did it remove? In what year and under what circumstances was it passed ?

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART II. The Board of Examiners.

Answer fully and clearly NINE, and only nine, of the following questions.

1. What is meant by the Liberty of the Press? Trace clearly and concisely the steps by which it has been achieved in England.

2. (a) Explain the origin and the nature of the so-called dispensing power, and shew how James the Second applied it.

(b) Explain the origin and the nature of the socalled suspending power, and shew how James the Second applied it.

What provisions regarding these powers were inserted in the Bill of Rights?

3. What meaning was attached to each of the following terms in the polemics of the 17th century:Cameronians, Malignants, Nonjurors, Quakers, Regicides, Trimmers, Whigs.