Annual report . 150pounds. What power must be applied at one-fourth the distancefrom the fulcrum to lift the weight? Draw figure. 3. How far will a body fall in 10 seconds in the latitude of NewYork? What will be its final velocity? 4. Define Specific Gravity. 5,. Name three ways in which heat may be transmitted. Illus-trate one of these. 6. Define sound. What determines the pitch of a sound?What is the speed of sound in air under standard conditions?Through which will sound travel most rapidly, a solid, a liquid or agas? 7. Describe the image produced by a double convex lens when-the object i
Annual report . 150pounds. What power must be applied at one-fourth the distancefrom the fulcrum to lift the weight? Draw figure. 3. How far will a body fall in 10 seconds in the latitude of NewYork? What will be its final velocity? 4. Define Specific Gravity. 5,. Name three ways in which heat may be transmitted. Illus-trate one of these. 6. Define sound. What determines the pitch of a sound?What is the speed of sound in air under standard conditions?Through which will sound travel most rapidly, a solid, a liquid or agas? 7. Describe the image produced by a double convex lens when-the object is at more than twice the focal distance from the lens. 8. What is the unit of electro motive force, of resistance, ofstrength of current? Define the unit of strength of current. 9. What are the essential parts of a dynamo? 10. (a) Why will water boil at a lower temperature on amountain top? (b) Will iron fioat in mercury? Why, or why not? (c) Why does a bicycle rider lean in in turning a corner? MHPI?D (/)O X oo. REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 39 LESSONS IN ENGLISH—JUNE, 1899. 1. Define figures of speech. 2. Give an example of each of the following: Simile, meta-phor, allegory, and hyperbole. 3. What constitutes a faulty figure? Give an example. 4. Define Syntax. What is a Solecism? 5. Treat the uses of the possessive case, giving examples. 6. Define the following: Rhetoric, Diction, Purity, classes of Barbarisms. 7. Define propriety of Diction. Give the surest way of attain-ing propriety. 8. Write a short letter, being careful that the several partsshall be correct. 9. Define amplification. Tell how to Write a ten line composition. 40 REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FRESHMAN CLASS. ARITHMETIC—1899. 1. Define the following: Arithmetic, integer, concrete number,abstract number, problem, fraction, decimal fraction, interest, ratio,proportion, involution. 2. Write the following number in figures: Sixty-two thousand four hundred fifteen dollars 25 cents
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