, 1876-02-12


snp." It disploases thoIn whsu apeotators laugh
A. tho ulscouth mechanical opotatlons OF ths
ilat.uosel aud tawnY Y-feh.urcd 0rontals.
MATHEMATICS FOR TIE MILLION,
Whnt Cnn Ito lone with Figures
Provo 1t by Counting.
Frorn tho Danf'h.
Mathematical probtomB ara, In a measure, &kIt
to puzzles, Tliore Is something o1ostlng In lh,
bo1lnoes With which our understanding is cul
1engod to proro It's strength, and IL ia,
pns.s foolng Of satisfaction 10 TN,
rayol mysteries which bavo for tint
bafllol our efforts. Yuch mental exercises havs,
iu oil Agos, boon attractive to bosh Jouag aad
will bo amused by soma rodeetions concerning
aosennea ao tssGa' WSsW *fH Il eoasss @ ss ss
9s, tue socon1 ~ tho exponent Of tho first,
which mcaua .thht Q shall bo first multiplied
tjmoy by isnelf, via: 0x0x91gx 91y19101Dt gtylna
tho nnmbus ,8s7. .520, 489. rho product thus
found indlcatou how many ;tmcn 0 aooend tl!na
piled 397 420 459 tines by ITSELF gives a. prod.
uct ia nos 80 bnafly figured out ~ the foeu1et
naturalization. Il would require 3a9.G91..
uu ours seSs edaiy would tske sS yo.rs nd o a.ss
NIT to mention tho time passcd III computation.
Boientists toll us thcro aro infusorta 10 small thdl
40, ,060, ,000, 600 Of such arc found In ono 3ubid
nsa would IL contain @ COO ooo oo5 co. 6o6
00o, 600, 400, 600, or two aexttlllond four hun'
| drod add twonty-nino t!,onaand and ninety.
throa qnintillions Of such animAls. But thih
hhouid DO nblo to hold a" vhsw :" of tho ~.
iusotta hcro mentioned a. tho rate ot aooou.
! ooo 0o0 to tho cubic inch OF vator, would contain
o. gon9s 6s 6s tno A. H.
enntre would fodlfse L5f t3gG12 c!rl6r8 fur its
expression IN mills. How great length st!oh
number of niles would have eau bo HIon from
tho following ,conps1ison, .-....'
Light travels 1y2, COO 1nilcd SECOND, thus ill.,
| lug cght mtnataH aud thirteen aeoona'. 70 9ra.
verso tho distance from tho aun TO she GARTH Rns
| to accomplish thn distance from no surface q
the aforesaid ball to its oentfn iight would need
| number OF yoara written With l23, 3l,Ul3 lg-
| u1es.
still nnothor relation may terve to SHOW
"whe"'a" crnsh'ng ditnenstons. Light accom-:
! pllshes III oVcfT second ABOUT ooo. u.Ooo,oN
toudest noeo ever measured, which maksb G.o09
vibrations In second, must sound 4l9
| years to J.. perform 80 many Tibrationa
but although n ~ order L,.., TO ..,.; TIA;
ball. light would require this sast numbcr Of
,eara, yot It docs not moro than inilnltesimaily
sppraach tho II whow' vibrations, =,
choas IL vcll known. Tho King Of India
bade him name hts own reward, upon which
he asked 10 receive tue number Of grains OF
whoat that Would DO proaucou II oEe grain
tho third, eighth for tho fourth. aud 80 on dou-
b1ed Up Tor ovcry square Of the stxey-foaF. Whon
those amounts we're added tho sum was found
to DO IL, 9,744.01S. 7o9 oal 6lo OF Rra'na, Or,
IN other worGa. such q quantity that thosowlih
all tie contincnta OF tho Garth could
DO coTorod with = layer oae-thlrd
q a. inch a ,.o, t1sknsss ha,la m .., aud that
proper msancr, 1t wous! tako more than seventy
yeara to produce s4o q aboyo s A amount Of wheat,
which IS elaal to 81, ,ooo. gag, cog buahels;
one fsnds sSnass ofSin notoe .hs s soa
Hl.ow," for II no weFo IN sho aamo manncr
to donbio up, the amount un;u u tosclcd
"wttow " uumbor Of gratus, the chess board. in.
stesd OF having Bi1ty-iour a9uaros, huet haTa
had ,228 0o3, ,89A squares. in which caso ii oach
eguars had ono SQUARE inch OF surface tho
aEAco covered would bo an area equal TO l93
screu.
We ooco saw como calculations, loss inaoed In
proportion than "who","' yet Of character
not less astounding, In which numbers hardly to
bo conceived Of woro madoin measure compEc-
!ensielo , by being compared with Quantities Of
For instances, If one cent we're got out u
! compound intarcst 10 tho yaar at por cont.
tho lst ct JanasFy lsee Mon'd osa sm91ns nna to
au!ntitll9n 2ol 10y 9nsdno%ns NJ s5a,WU 1I ~ at'!l.
capital, and would uas its yearly interest q
par coutl then tho income tax NO should have to
! pay at tho rate Of per cant would bo 4so quad-
! rifiona $50, 800 trlona OF d0liatH. Ii We psd
tho ta1 collector thss sum fn silver ha
would need 5, oo3, o54, 600, 900 900 100000 wagond
for its transportation. Provided tho whole
! earth's surface, both land and water, we're poo.
! pied as closely as possible. we should hnve but
i.2o0D000 part Of tho drivers required, and thd
. lEao Of vaeona would hare longth Of trllltona
! 900 billions Of milea. Tho sFoed Of light,
A al monttoned, ia 112, 600 miles peE SECOND. aud
f11n 6nTsoH tn faH III
q beginning al tho furtherest wagon. II be- to
q have botteT control over the Wagons on
both aides, stationed himself in tho centre
Of tho line. Agnin, robbery could ba
committed Oh the hindmost wagon which would
not 10 discovered till tho 24.7S0 generation ol
n tax-collectots. IT, on tho contrary. instead o.
using the interest Of tho capltal-the bulk o1
= which, by tho by, IN gold would be oqual to
= IL clobes-tlIB cnt,jtAl Wpro distributed among