Deanery Bristol | 16th. July 1855
Sir,
I beg to communicate to you the following arrangements proposed to be observed in the examinations of Candidates for appointments in the Royal Artillery and Engineers.
1st. The questions to be divided into sections,1 each containing three questions, and no Candidate to answer more than one question in a section.
2nd. The questions in each section to be arranged as far as may be possible, in the order of difficulty, and to have reference to the same general division of the subject.
3rd. A paper of eight sections to be set for the morning and the same for the afternoon of the day assigned to the examination in your subject.
4th. Your estimate of the merits of each paper to be recorded upon it by one of the following words
Excellent, Good, Fair, Moderate, Imperfect, Nil, or by the initials of those words.
5th. A number of marks (hereafter to be determined upon) to be assigned to each of the degrees of merit specified above, and the sum of the numbers of marks assigned to each Candidate’s answer to fix his place on the class list.
I have the honor to be | Your faithful Sevt. | Henry Moseley.
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The questions to be divided into sections: For Tyndall’s questions on the ‘Natural Sciences’ see Report on the Examination for Appointments in the Royal Artillery and Engineers, Held at King’s College, London, on the First of August, 1855 (London: Harrison, 1855), pp. 93–104. For the examination held on the morning of 9 August, Tyndall set 9 questions in 3 sections on heat; 6 questions in 1 section on the mechanical properties of air; 3 questions in 1 section on magnetism; and 6 questions in 2 sections on chemistry. For the afternoon examination he set 9 questions in 3 sections on light; 9 questions in 3 sections on voltaic electricity; 6 questions in 2 sections on chemistry; 3 questions in 1 section on sound; 4 questions in 1 section on meteorology; 4 questions in 1 section on astronomy; 4 questions in 1 section on geology; 4 questions in 1 section on mineralogy and crystallography; 3 questions in 1 section on metallurgy; 3 questions in 1 section on botany. Thus 13 different subjects (counting the two chemistry exams as one subject) were examined by 73 questions, divided into 23 sections.
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