Department and Qualifications required. Limits of Age. ADMIRALTY-continued. JUNIOR ASSISTANTS IN THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, d. The differential calculus; including Taylor's e. Mechanics; including the parallelogram of forces Candidates are not required to pass in subjects 6 and 7, but great weight will be attached to a knowledge of them. The successful Candidate will not be finally appointed unless on probation he shall satisfy the head of the Department as to his fitness in respect of the following, among other qualifications, viz. :— Manual dexterity in the use and adjustment of instrumental mechanism. Accuracy of eye in observation. Distinctness of ear in time-reference. Promptitude in decision. Punctuality contingent on variable circumstances. IX. [SCH. A.] JUNIOR ASSISTANTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC Fee for Examination. 18 and 25. See Note on p. 39. a. The binomial theorem; De Moivre's theorem. c. Spherical trigonometry, and its applications to d. The differential calculus; including Taylor's e. Mechanics; including the parallelogram of forces Candidates are not required to pass in subjects 7 and 8, but great weight will be attached to a knowledge of them. The successful Candidate will not be finally appointed unless on probation he shall satisfy the head of the Department as to his fitness in respect of the following, among other qualifications, viz. :— Manual dexterity in the use and adjustment of instrumental mechanism. Accuracy of eye in observation. Distinctness of ear in time-reference. Promptitude in decision. Punctuality, contingent on variable circumstances. X. [SCH. A.] CHIEF ASSISTANTS IN THE OBSERVATORY, Part I.-Preliminary. nation. 18 and 25. See Note on p. 39. 10s. Department and Qualifications required. Limits of Age. Fee for Examination. ADMIRALTY-continued. CHIEF ASSISTANTS, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE-cont. 5. German (translation). 6. Mathematics, viz.:— a. The binomial theorem; De Moivre's theorem. c. Spherical trigonometry, and its applications to d. The differential calculus; including Taylor's e. Mechanics; including the parallelogram of forces f. Optics; including the laws of reflexion and re- + Except in the case of Natives of Foreign Countries, who are specially exempted from literary examination. In reckoning their age, Pensioners from the Navy, Army, and Royal Marines, and persons who have served continuously for a period of not less than two years in hired capacities in Naval Hospitals and Marine Infirmaries, may deduct from their actual age any time not exceeding five years spent in those Services. 16 and 20. 12. Plane Trigonometry (analytical), and Spherical Trigonometry. 13. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced), and Analytical Geometry of three dimensions. 14. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced), and the easier Differential Equations. 20 and 35. See Note on p. 39. nation. 17. |