Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.


rans latitude 49) weighs 100 3OssS. A; Loodor
ttt 81 81 iOo.333s; and a. lat 20. 100 1872 isd
pounds al the equator would be ISL ct the pclcs
The Eoghsh standard OF weights is the cubic
'aeh, OF distilled water, weighing ISL 45s grains ia
the arr md 252 722 IN vacuum
pure water. "
One troy ID. is o.s22757 avordupois h.
drop IS taken TO be a grain
Henry Ill directed that an ounce should be 60
uy gto"s o, Shes'; " ounce, pound; 8 pounds
gallon, and gallons Z busheL.
legal stone is "a Ibs or the ,iehtb of nm -,
IN England, and l6 lbs. in Holland
n ia'hofni U lee', Is derived from the heisht OF n
inches
AZ Az Irish mile is ee4O ysrd.; a Scotch mile is
l9S4 yards; an Eng.h or statute mile, I7G0 wards:
Herman, slOe; Turkish, 1876.
O, an acre Is $40 squire yards CT &C yards foot
81 inches' each way. A square mile, I76o ysres
each way, j. $40 acres.
Al hve per cent interest, money doubles in "a
years. '' ~
The Christian ear was first used, in coun.ins
Sme, a, Rome IN 5s7; adopted 10 France, $50; in
oPein Iofo; and IN Portugal, in l4i0. Tie early
2Si. u"
The Persians gave names to every day in th.
month just es we ssve them to days in the week
N man with an augur cx.rts a force Of 100 lbs;
with screw driver, # "a lbs; with a vinda,s co
lbi; hand plane, 50 los; a hand.saw Sc lbs
Most authorities rate I horse rs eouol 10 + r,.n
some at 6, and the French at z
Locks have been made with "a movable wards
30 es 10 spell any word, and no key will open them
out one adjusted TO that word.
a man is taller in the morning than nj n;sb, "a
me extent Of hail an inch or more, owing to the re-
loxation Of the carriages
Tho E.quimaux attain the height OF but feet )
iacnes and the Monsol Tariars but 4 feet irche,
lac human body consists Of $40 bones, Q kinds
OF arueuistons or pointing, 100 Carriages or lisa
ments, 400 muscles or tendons, and 100 nerves be-
| SIDES blood, arteries, veins, &c.
Animals are vegetables with a case for SOIL and
their roots turned inward 10 the soil By renlensh
ing he soil in the stomach and expelns that which
has lost It's power Of sustenance the animal is 10.
dependent of locality and locomotive.
Riley asserts that Arabs, in the desert, live 200
years.
Jefiery Hudson. the dwarf, was bu, Is inehe.
high until he was 80 years OF age and then he rose
to SO inches.
Bsbs, the Pole. was only 50 inches a, his death,
aged %.
The foot of Chinese female from III. heel n III.
great toe is only inches long.
An elephant bred 10 war stands firm against VOL
kill him. "O
Fish are drawn towards light; they assemble
oy the sound OF a bell TO be fed, and arc fond Of
music.
The seeds Of plants are their eggs. A snufower
produces \ 600; poppy 10000; a tobacco plant J
or 5Oo.ooo, and spleenwort 100000.
Potatoes pranted below fee, do no; yesetat.. Al
loot they grow ihickesi, and al feet are retard-
! ed two or three months.
held of wheat, buried under an avalanche for
70 years, proceeded on its growth, &c. as soon G.
| the snow had melted.
Cypress tree are known to be or 900 years
a Chesnut tree on Mount Etna is I96 fee, round
close 10 the ground.
Iron IS hbrous: gold is crystalline
There ore no solid rocks in the Arctic REGIONS
| owing TO the severe frosts
Fossil bones OF the lizard, twenty -four feet in
,engtn, equal to the dragons of antq uty, have
been found at Bavaria.
The surface Of the is estimated OF $50 600 DOC
square miles taking the whole surface OF the Giob,
al z9"Voo OoO. lis greatest depth is supposed tc
DC equal TO the highest mountain. or miles.
Fsesh water begins TO freeze at % deg. called
the ifeezng point, but salt water not till SsI de-
grees.
River water contains about % grains of solid
matter to the cubic foot. Hence such a River as
Tue hhlne carries TO the sea every day las, $50 Gu
BIC feet OF sand stone.
| Fish are common in the seas of Surin,n, with A
eyes two Of them in horns which grow on the crown
of their heads
The north polar seas have been explored as far
| as Latitude so deg. 4s sec. The south polar
grees. W
of one hundred parts into which the surface Of
Inc earth may be divided Europe contains 7. Afri-
ca u, Continental Asia 49, New Holland. Sc. g
south America, Is, North America, 6.
"A cylinder full Of water may be converted ;nto
zee, ey piacinsi IN five lbs. of supha,e of soda.
and four pounds Of supsuic acid, at Sc de,.: wei
mixed. The ice is extracted for use by putting IN,
| cylinder in hot water '''
Extreme cold produces the same precep,ion or
the skin as great heat. When mercury is frozen
al ~ deg. below z.ro, the sensation OF the skin il
he same as tnato touching red hot iron.
Quicksilver mells at SO deg. above zero. Ethe,
ifeeZes at ~ deg. below zero. Vino a, 90
| The sound Of thunder may be heard for 20 or Q.
Thes' o. with the ear TO the ground, much more
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