Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-10-22
n, IOWA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER %, 1912
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.


[We find scattered through our ex-
ch,nge papers the annexed useful facts.
Every one Of them is useful information
in a nut she'll.
4 legal stone is IA lbs. or the eighth
OF an hundred in England, and l6 los. in
Holland.
The fathom. six feet. is derived from
thu heigh'h Of a fui, grown man \
hand in horse measure is four inches.
An Irish mile is 2.24O yards; Scotch
mile is 1894 yards; an nglsh or stat
NE mile, 1850 yards; German, 1905;
Turkish 1926.
The Chr stan era was first used, in
counting time, in Rome, in 597; adopted
ia France in $50; in Spain. 1850; and
Portugal in 1910. The early Christians
dated from ,he accession Of DiocIcsian,
in 9s4.
The Per.ans give names to every
day in the month, just as we give then,
to days Of the week.
a man is taller in the morning than at
night, to the extent of half an inch or
more, owing to the relaxation of the Cart.
lagos.
The Esqnimaux attain the he,ght OF
bu, :eet inches, and the Mogul Tar
tdrs. ! feet 8 inches.
The human body cnnsists Of $40 bones
.atknds Of ar,lculations or ioin,ings, lGC
car,i!agessor ligaments, 400 Duscles o,
.cndons a'i 100 nerves, besides blood
arteries, veins. &c.
4 Riley asserts that Arabs in the desert
live goo years.
The foot Of "A Chinese femnle, from the
heel to the great toe. is only ! inches
long. @
Total abstinence from food above Sc
ven days is fatal TO man. hut there are
instances Of surviving after longer pc
riod. 4 religious fanatic, in 1889 deter
mined fast 40 days, but died on the
10th.
In marching. soldiers take seventy five
steps per minute; quick marching lOG
and in ch rging Isl. steps.
The Hndoos have the art Of persona
ting death so rs to deceive able surgeons
| An elephant bred to war stan,is firm
against volley o. muSketry and 3C bull
lets ia the flesh will not kill him.
Fish are drawn towards light; they
assemble to be fed by the sound Of a bell
and are fond Of music
| A chestnut tree on Noun: 1.tna is l9C
feet round c,oses to the trunk.
| Potatoes planted below three feet dc
not vegetate; At one foo, they grow thick
est and nj feet they are retarded lwe
or three moa:hs.
The mahogany tree is full grown ii
200 years. Cypress trees are known I,
be 500 or 900 years old.
There are no solid rock in the Arctic
regions, owing to the severe fros,s.
Fossil bones OF The lizari. Oh feet i,
length equal to thesdragons Of antiquity
have been found in Bavaria.
The surface of the sea is estima ted Il
l5O.0OO,OoO square miles. taking th'
whole surface Of the globe. at 1a7.OOO, ,OOt
square miles. Its greatest depth is sup
1rosed to be equal to the heigh,h Of th,
highest mountain, or four miles.
Fresh water begins to freeze a, 80 deg
called the freezing point, but salt @a,e
does not freeze tilt38A deg.
OF 100 parts into. which the surface 0
the earth may he divided. Europe con
,ains :, africa ei, Continental Asia 33
| New Holland &c. 8. South America s
North .merica 16.
/ cylinder Of water may be converted
into ice. by placing it in lbs. Of sulphats
OF soda. and 4 lbs. sulphuric acid. at 81
deg well mixed. The ice is ex,racte,
tor use by putling the cylinder in ho
water.
Extreme cold produces the same per
ception on the skin as great heat. Whe
mercury IS f'ozesat 40 deg. below zero
the sensation Of the skin is the. same u
that Of touching red hot IRON