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• 4 jours d’épreuves sur des sujets élémentaires
– géométrie élémentaire
– sections coniques
– algèbre
– trigonométrie plane
– statique
– dynamique
– hydrostatique
– optique
– Newton
– astronomie
• 3 jours d’épreuves sur des higher topics
Sometimes not more than one examiner was an expert in some of the new
subjects, his papers were not subject to effective criticism from his colleagues, so
that sometimes the papers were absurdly difficult.