Following Johnston's death in 1855, Chevallier did his best to maintain the momentum to create a School of Science, but he was only partly successful. Within the Arts Faculty, a School of Science was founded in 1865, teaching Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Mining and Engineering, but it would not operate for long.
In 1869 William Charles Lake was appointed to the Durham Deanery. He had little good to say about Durham University, saying it was in a state of decay, only useful to educate clergymen.
Lak decided the Durham School of science should suppress fellowships to provide financial aid to a new college in Newcastle. In 1871, science teaching begins in the College of Physical Science, which will eventually be known as Armstrong College.
Durham once again became known only to teach divinity and arts. Due to the railway communications and growing industry, Newcastle was believed much better suited to science. They also created a school of medicine.
By this time, late in the 19th century, science was no longer an amateur pursuit. It had become a professional full-time occupation. New universities were built with origins in local industry, like Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield. In these places, science and technology were important from the start, with foundational professorships in experimental science, mining and geology.
What tribes were settled East of Jordan, and why?
What was the duration and principal scene of the ministry of Jesus Christ?
Divide one million and sixty-two by seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven.
Find the compound interest on £1,200 for two years at 2 3/4 per cent.
Resolve into factors: (a + b)2 - 11c(a + b) + 30c2
Multiply a2 + b2 + c2 - bc - ca - ab by a + b + c
Define straight line, plain superficies, parallel straight lines.
Prove any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Describe and explain the riot at Ephesus.
Explain with reference to the context :- God is a spirit.
State fully wherein the importance of the history of the resurrection as a head of evidence consists.
What was the exact relation of Tiberius to Augustus? Describe briefly the circumstances under with Tiberius succeeded Augustus.
Give a short sketch of the life and character of Germanicus.
Describe and account for the relation of England and Scotland prior to the union.
Describe in detail Wadpole's domestic policy.
Describe the machinery of the human arm.
'Nature has a strong tendency to equalization'. How far do you think that this obliterates the inequalities of fortune in individuals?
State and prove Newton's Lemma VII. Comment on the language.
Define the Hodograph and prove that the velocity in the hodograph gives the acceleration in the original orbit.
Prove that there exists a conic which passes through the six middle points of the six lines joining four given points and that with respect to this conic, the direction conjugate to that of the line joining the middle points of any pair of opposite lines is the line joining the intersections of the other two pairs.
Show that the deviation of a ray refracted at a single surface increased with the angle of incidence and as the angle of incidence increases uniformly the deviation increases faster and faster.
What are Focal Lines? Determine the position of the focal lines after oblique refraction at a spherical surface.
Describe and explain the phases of Venus and determine at what elongation from the Sun she seems brightest.
The 1965 School of Science had introduced a new B.A. in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, which featured less Greek and Latin, and included questions on Euclid and calculus, mechanics and some astronomy. As late as 1899, the basic degree in Durham was a Classics B.A., only including small amounts of Euclid and Mathematics. Click through the slides on the left to see if you can answer these example exam questions from 1896.
Besides these papers, prospective students would also have to qualify with translations of one Greek and one Latin author.
There would be translations of Greek, Latin and Hebrew, as well as the following examples. Students also sat papers in 'Differential and Integral Calculus and Differential Equations', as well as 'Algebra and Trigonometry' and 'Mechanics and Hydrostatics'.
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