IV.-CIVIL ENGINEERING. DEGREE OF LICENTIATE OF AGRICULTURE. 1. A candidate for the Degree of Licentiate of Agriculture must have passed the Previous Examination of the University of Bombay, or have passed an examination in some University recognized by the University of Bombay, which will, in the judgment of the Syndicate, be at least equivalent to the Previous Examination of this University. *N.B.-A Degree of Licentiate of Agriculture under the new regulations will be conferred on those Candidates who have passed the Examination for the Diploma in Agriculture under the old regulations, provided that they have passed the Previous Examination and the practical examinations prescribed under the new regulations, which are not included in the old reguations. 2. A candidate will be required to pass three examinations, viz., the First and Second Examinations in Agriculture and the Examination for the Degree of Licentiate of Agriculture. FIRST EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURE. 3. The First Examination will be held annually in Bombay, commencing on the first Monday in November. The Practical Examination in Agriculture will be held at Poona or such other place as the Syndicate may appoint. 4. No candidate will be admitted to this examination unless he produce satisfactory testimonials of having, subsequent to his passing the Previous Examination of this University or an examination of some recognized University which may be at least equivalent to it, kept two terms in a School or College recognized in Agriculture by the University. N.B.-Students who have passed the Intermediate Examination for the Degree of B.Sc. may appear for this examination without keeping terms and may at their option be exempted from the Examination in Trigonometry and Physics: And Candidates who have passed the Intermediate Examination in Arts may at their option be exempted from the Examination in Trigonometry. Bachelors of Science who have taken Chemistry as one of their subjects may at their option be exempted from the Examination in Chemistry. But Candidates exempted under this provision shall not be classed or be eligible for prizes. 5. Candidates must apply to the Registrar six weeks before the Examination. (Vide Form AO.) 6. Each Candidate must pay to the Registrar through the Principal of his College or otherwise, as the Syndicate may direct, a fee of Rs. 15, for which a receipt will be given. (Vide Form AP.) 7. Failure to pass the examination will not disqualify the Candidate for presenting himself at any subsequent First Examination on a new application being forwarded and a fresh fee paid. 8. Candidates will be examined in the following subjects: In the case of the old Diplomates in Agriculture the operation of Regulation 11 in Arts, p. 46 as regards attendance has been suspended. I. TRIGONOMETRY AND PHYSICS. (Two Papers.) (1) Trigonometry.-Measurement of angles by degrees and grades. Circular measure of an angle. Trigonometrical ratios, application of algebraical signs. Angles with given trigonometrical ratios. Trigonometrical ratios of two angles. Use of logarithmic and trigonometrical tables. Relations between the sides of a triangle and the trigonometrical functions of the angles. Solution of triangles. Measurement of heights and distances. Todhunter, Chapters I to VI inclusive, together with Chapters XI, XIII, XIV and XV. (2) Physics. Varieties of energy, its conservation and dissipation. Laws of falling bodies. General character of liquids. Compressibility. Piezometer. Hydraulic Press. Artesian wells. Efflux of liquids. Water-wheels. Turbines. Hydraulic Ram. Principle of Archimedes. Specific gravity. Pressure of the atmosphere. Barometer, Aneroid. Compressed air. Manometer and Steam-gauge. Air-pump. Lifting and forcing pumps. Properties of Magnets. Methods of magnetisation. Directive force of the earth's magnetism. Magnetic elements. General effects of heat on matter. Expansion of bodies by heat. Temperature. Thermometers. Thermometric scales. Air thermometer. Metallic thermometers. Maximum and minimum thermometers. Compensation pendulum and balance. Coefficient of expansion of solids and liquids. Maximum density of water. Expansion of gases. Land and sea breezes. Trade winds. Evaporation. Tension of vapours. Ebullition. Influence of pressure on the temperature of ebullition. Steam. Relative volume of steam. Connection between the pressure and temperature of steam. Principle of the Steam Engine. Latent heat. Cold produced by evaporation. Freezing mixtures. Ice-making apparatus. Liquefaction of vapours. Distillation. Spheroidal condition. Conduction of heat by solids and liquids. Ventilation of mines. Convection in liquids and gases. Heating of buildings. Laws of radiation of heat. Reflection and absorption of radiant heat. mancy. Refraction of heat. Heat spectrum. Obscure rays. Dew. Dew-point. Hygrometers. Determination of quantity of heat. Calorimeter of Lavoisier and Laplace. Specific heat. Determination of specific heat by the methods of cooling mixtures and melting of ice. Latent heat of fusion. Latent heat of vapours. Sources of heat. Solar heat. Friction. Pressure. Percussion. Terrestrial heat. Heat produced by electricity; by chemical action; by animal life. Mechanical equivalent of heat. Diather Text Book in Heat.-From time to time to be recommended by the II-EXPERIMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE. (Two Papers and a (1) Inorganic Chemistry.-Difference between mechanical mixture, solution, and chemical combination. Atoms and molecules. Equivalent, atomic molecular weights. Law of gaseous volumes. Avogadro's hypothesis. Relation between gaseous densities and molecular weights. Chemical Symbols. Formulæ. Equations, Valency. Nomenclature. Hydrogen.--Preparation. Properties. Methods of collecting and purify ing gases. The Text-book in Heat at present recommended is Wright's Heat. Chlorine and Iodine. Preparation. Properties. Compounds with Hydrogen. Oxygen.-Preparation. Properties. Ozone. Allotropy. Water, artificial and natural; its different states of aggregation occurring in nature. Water as a solvent. Hard and soft water. Crystallisation. Isomorphism. Dimorphism. Sulphur.-Extraction. Properties. Sulphuretted Hydrogen. Oxides of Sulphur. Sulphuric acid. Sulphates in general. Nitrogen.-Preparation. Properties. Ammonia. Oxides. Nitric Acid. The atmosphere; its composition; value of its several ingredients to plants and animals. Diffusion of gases. Phosphorus.-Preparation. Properties. Allotropic modifications. Phosphoretted Hydrogen. Oxides. Phosphoric Acids. Phosphates in general. Arsenic.-Preparation. Properties. Arseniuretted Hydrogen. Arsenious and Arsenic Acids. Boric Acid. Carbon.-Different modifications. Properties. Oxides. Combustion. Potassium.-Chloride, Hydroxide, Chlorate, Sulphates, Nitrate, Car bonates. Sodium Chloride, Hydroxide, Sulphates, Nitrate, Phosphates, Carbonates, Silicates, Glass. Ammonium.-Theory. Chloride, Sulphate, Carbonates. Calcium Chloride, Oxide and Hydroxide, Sulphate, Phosphates, Carbonate, Bleaching Powder and Bleaching. Magnesium.-Chloride, Oxide, Sulphate, Carbonate. Mercury.-Chloride, Oxide, Sulphide. Aluminium.-Oxide, Sulphate, Alums. Lead.-Oxides, Sulphide, White Lead. Action of water on Lead. Manganese.-Oxides, Chloride, Sulphate. Iron. Chloride, Oxides, Sulphides, Sulphates. Manufacture of cast-iron, wrought iron and steel, and their properties. Laboratory work.-Detection of the Chlorides, Sulphides, Sulphates, Nitrates, Phosphates, Carbonates. Silicates of sodium, potassium, ammonium, magnesium, calcium, copper, aluminium, iron, manganese in mixtures containing not more than two bases and two acids. 2.-BOTANY. (a) Morphology of Plants.-Elementary structure: the cell and its development, protoplasm, tissues and their formation, plant construction. Cell products, cellulose, chlorophyll, starch, gum, sugar, oil. Tissue systems-woody, epidermal, fibrovascular, intercellular spaces, and secretion reservoirs. Organs of nutrition and reproduction, axis, lateral organs, nutritive organs, flowers, fruit,-their varieties, arrangement, structure, and general characters. (b) Physiology of Plants.-Life of plants, functions of the cell, plant food, nutrition, its processes and phenomena, assimilation and metastasis, absorption and respiration, circulation of water and of gases in plants. Sap. Process of growth. Phenomena of movement. General conditions of plant life; influence of air, moisture, heat, electricity, gravitation. Reproduction of plants, asexual and sexual. Fertilization. Hybridization. Alternation of generation. Propagation. Ripening of fruits. Vitality of seeds. Phenomena and conditions of germination. Diseases of plants-fungoid and other parasitic diseases, their nature, diagnosis, prevention and remedies, especially of agricultural plants, as rust, mildew, smut, bunt, coffee-blight. Malformations. III. AGRICULTURE-One Paper and a Practical Examination. (a) Soils.-Formation, classification, physical properties, agricultural capabilities of soils. .Revenue survey system of classification. Sub-soils, good and bad soils, fertile and unfertile soils, their conditions and evidences. Improvement and reclamation. Exhaustion. Reh and other efflorescences. Irrigation, drainage, paring and burning, liming, mixing, warping, &c. Effects of tillage and planting. (b) Manures.-General and special, their classification, economic use and suitability to and action upon different soils and Crops and at different stages. Farmyard manure, its production, management, and application. Indigenous systems, their merits and defects. Conditions influencing quality. Liquid manure, night-soil, ashes, green cropmanure, lime, chalk, marl, gypsum, and other natural manures. Manurial resources of India. Artificial manures, their selection, value, uses and application. (c) Implements and Machines.-Economy of labour-Man, bullock, water, steam-power and their relative advantages. Implements and machines used on farms, details of construction, uses, points of excellence, management and preservation. Indigenous implements, their merits and defects. 9. On the third Thursday after the commencement of the Examination, the Examiners will publish a list of successful Candidates in two Classes, the names being arranged in order of merit. SECOND EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURE. 10. The Second Examination in Agriculture will be held annually in Bombay, commencing on the first Monday in November. The Practical Examination in Agriculture will be held at Poona or such other place as the Syndicate may appoint. 11. No undergraduate will be admitted to the Examination unless he shall have kept two terms in a School or College recognized in Agriculture by the University of Bombay subsequently to passing the First Examination. N.B.-Bachelors of Science who have taken up Chemistry as one of their subjects may at their option be exempted from the Examination in Organic Chemistry. 12. Candidates must apply to the Registrar six weeks before the Examination. (Vide Form AQ.) 13. Each Candidate must pay to the Registrar through the Principal of his College or otherwise, as the Syndicats may direct, a fee of Rs. 15 for which a receipt will be given. (Vide Form AR.) 14. Failure to pass the Examination will not disqualify the Candidate for presenting himself at any subsequent Second Examination on a new application being forwarded and a fresh fee paid. 15. Candidates will be examined in the following subjects : I.-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND MENSURATION. (Two Papers and a (1) Organic Chemistry.—Qualitative and quantitative analysis of organic compounds. Calculation of Formulæ. Molecular Formulæ. Polymerism. Isomerism. Radicles. Structural, Rational Formula. Homology. Physical properties of Organic Compounds. Colour. Solubility. Specific Gravity. Melting Point. General classification of Organic Compounds. Saturated and unsaturated Hydro-Carbons and their Haloid Derivatives in general. Methane, Ethylene, Acetylene. Coal gas and its manufacture. Chloroform. Monatomic, Diatomic, Triatomic alcohols in general. Methyl Alcohol. Ethyl Alcohol. Fermentation. Ethylene Glycol. Glycerine; Relation of Fats to Glycerine. Derivatives of Alcohols and Amines in general. Ethyl Ether. Methylamines. Aldehydes and Ketones in general. Formic Aldehyde. Acetic Aldehyde. Acetone. Monobasic and Diatomic Monobasic Acids, Dibasic and Tetratomic Dibasic Acids, Tetratomic Tribasic Acids in general. Formic Acid. Acetic Acid. Acetates of the Alkalis and of Lead. Butyric Acids. Palmitic, Stearic, Oleic Acids. Soap formation. Glycollic Acid. Glycocoll. Lactic Acids. Oxalic Acid. Malic Acid. Tartaric Acids. Citric Acid. Cyanogen and Hydrocyanic Acid. The Cyanides, Ferrocyanide and Ferricyanide of Potassium. Amides of fatty Acids and of Carbonic Acid in general. Acetamide. Urea, Uric Acid. Carbohydrates in general. Arabinose. Glucoses, Grape Sugar, Maltose, Fruit Sugar. Saccharoses: Cane Sugar, Milk Sugar. Cellulose. Starch. Dextrine. Gums. Application of the Polariscope for the determination of Sugars. Benzene Derivatives in general. Benzene, Nitrobenzene, Amidobenzene. Phenols and Aromatic Acids in general. Carbolic Acid, Benzoic Acid. Oxybenzoic (Salicylic) Acids. Trioxybenzoic (Gallic) Acid. Tannin. Indigo. Alkaloids in general, Nicotine, Morphine, Quinine, Strychnine. Terpenes and Camphors in general. Pinene. Caoutchouc. Japan and Borneo Camphor. Resins, Glucosides, Albumens and Albuminoids in general. Amygdalin. |