Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-10-02
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SCRAPS OF CURIOUS 1NroRMAT1o,

! SCRAPS OF CURIOUS INFORM ALTON
Silver may be beaten into plates, 10000 of whit
make one inch in thickness
A silver wirej the 18th of an inch in diameter. W
sustain l37 lbs. A wire Of lead Of the same SIZE Sd
tains e lbs, and tin 80 lbs.
The suriace ofthe earth is 1916, 2GGsquare milo
and its solidity 2j7 72G94, 4lG cubic miles. Not mo
than one fifth of the whole earth is habitable by ma
The mean depth eff the ocean Is about miles, and fl
mean length ofmountans above the level of the oce.
is 3 "a miles Distribute this land equally over II
bottom of the ocean, and the waters would cover Il
face Of the whole earth.
The earth has been penetrated about 1900 feet
we add to this the height of the highest mountains.
have one eight hundredth of the distance to the cent
of the earth less in proportion than coat of varnish
a globe feet in diameter.
If the terrestrial gravity prevailed at the SUM- bod
would fall 46 feet IN second, and common size
man would weigh about'4000 pounds.
The sun is equal to 20610000 of Mercury, $1,000
of Venus, l3S6,000 earth, 9,394000 Mars, 073 Jupi
ers, 1854 Satuns, and 1885 Ilerschells.
The mean motion Of the moon is 1872 feet per sex
ond
,Th.,moQn increases its velocity eleven seconds in
fail the planets were in one it would equal the SD
part ofthe sun.
1913 stars can be seen with the naked eye.
There are % stars which change their colors.
Inc mean annual temperature of the earth is 80 d
grees. The thermometer is generally the highest ut
=. NJ, and lowest little before sun rise The ter
Gas is the german for Ghost
TQhcelli made the first barometer in 1913. Cd
Gucncke made the first air pump in 1864.
Cannon were first used by the Aloors in Spain
1872 Clocks, with weight and regulators were !.
vented IN or about the year 1850. The first pendur
clock was made in England by Dutcmnan ,somothil
extraordinary by the name Of Fromancl, in 1862.
In 1852 there were in Paris three coaches, one
which belonged to the queen Carriages were int
duced into Spain in l546-and into England in I5sOI
Oats were accidentally discovered growing in ie
of potatoes in Cumberland in l7SS
Barley i'll rainy seasons, degeneracs into oats, al
IN dry seasons oats change into barley.
The quantity of iron produced in England in l74I
was l7000 tons In 1850, $4,000 tons In l788, 81
600 TONS and in 1884, G784l7 tons, produced by 81
furnace
In England a ship of wood costing 472OG0 wou
require f4S000 for wood, and G24,O00 for labor TIL
proportion for ship of iron, Of the same cost is "a
600 for iron, and E67 600 for labor This is certain
one Of the strongest arguments that could be used
show the superiority of IRON for this purpose.
The plural style of speaking ('we'l among KING
was begun by king John of England, A. D. 1850. III
iOiN li- liC o'fEN us lISCu lt singular person
their edcts. The German and French soyereigns fo
lowed the example of king John in A. D. 1900. Wind
editors first began to say "we," we do not know
Wnterupon salad says that it was not till the la
ter end of the reign Of Henry VIII about l457 that an
salads, carrots cabbages or other edible roots. wo
produced in England Before that, they were procu
ed in France and Holland.
There was famous poison known in Italy durn
the 18th century, by the name of watcr tofania, wye
poison" 1t was prepared by womannamed TofaniI
who sold it in small, fiat vals She is said to hay
carried on the traffic for long series of years an
when arrested confessed poisoning six hundred pc
sons. The preparation was chiefly used by narrc
women who were tired of their husbands. 1t was
clear as water and five or six drops were fatal. but n
suddenly, thus avoiding suspicion.
The month of September, which is now the mint
month"; vas formerly the seventh when the year bega
in March; and hence received It's name from the Lat
ScpttnuS 1t has he'd various names at different Der
DDS 1t was called Tiberius by the Roman SenatI
until that emperor objected to the appellation. DomI
nton gave it the name of Gemancus Under Ante
MUS Plus it was.caed Antonius. Comnodus gave
his surname Hercules; and the Emperor Tacitls cal
ed it Tacitus
The common instruments for measuring time anon
Tie anclents were hour-glasses, sun dals and ycss
81 water with hole in its bottom. King Alfeds time
Keeper consisted of six wax tapes twelve inches lop
nclosed In lantern of horn so thin as to be trarspa
rent
The Roman soldiers were accustomed TO proyid
themselves with vinegar in their marches to be used a
4 drink 1t is conjecured that the vinegar which wa
offered to our Savior at his crucfcton was that which
he soldiers for their own drinking. Ifso it would
seem to have been presented with kind intentions rid
Bible represents Boaz as providing vinegar for hid
eapers into which they might dip their bread. Befor1
lops were known, NORWOOD and other bitter berb1
we're used In drink for the same purposes They word
employed so late as l492-UoccSter .Egis