The Democratic advocate., 1879-03-22

A COLUMN OF FACTS.

a body which at the equator weighs l0f
lbs, Il Paris (lalilnde 49) weighs I003 30SS
AT London, (lat. 81 81 y 10O.3338; and al
lat 20, l00.4S12 $50 pounds at thu
equator would be 1S1 at the poles.
The English standard Of weights is ths
cubic inch of distilled water, weighing
252.a5S grains in the air; and 252.722 ia
vacuum
The troy ID. is 576O grains, OF 22.s157
inches Of pure water.
One troy lb. Is 0.S22S57 avoirdupois ID
A drop is taken TO be grain.
Henry III directed that an ounce should
be $40 dry grains Of wheat; 12 ounces /
pound; s pounds a gallon, and s gallons .
bushel.
A legal stone is Ia lbs, or the eighth ol
All cwt. in England, and I6 lbs, in Holland
The fathom, 8 feet, is derived from the
height Of full grown man. A hand, ID
horse measure, IS inches.
An Irish mile is 2240 yards; Scotch
mile Is 1884 yards; an English, or statute
mile, 1850 yards; German, sl06; Turkish,
1926.
Az acre is 1910 square yards, or So
yards, foot, 81 inches, each way. A
square mile, 1860 yards each way, is GAO
acres.
AT Eve per cent. interest, money doubles
in IA years; at a in 10l years; and at 10
per cent, in years.
The Christian era was first used, in
counting time, at Rome in 527; adopted
in France, in $50; in Spain, in 1910; and
in Portugal, in 1410. The early christ
ians dated from the accession Of Diocle-
sian, in 2S4.
The Persians give names to every day
in the month, just as we give them to days
Of the week.
A man with an auger exerts force of
100 lbs; with a serew-driyer of S4 lbs,
with windlass, 60 lbs; hand plane, SO
lbs; hand-saw SO lbs.
Most authorities rate horse as equal
to men, some st 6, and the French at Z.
Locks have been made with "a move.
able wards, so as to spell any word, aud nc
key will open them but one adjusted to
that word
A man is taller in the morning than al
night, to the extent Of half an inch ol
more, owing to the relaxation of the car
tilages.
The Esquimaux attain the height of but
A feet , inches, and the Mongol Tartars
but feet inches.
The human body consists Of 240 bones
0 kinds Of artieulatious, or Jennings, 100
cartilages, or ligamc1ts, 400 muscles, OIL
tendons, and 100 nerves, besides blood ar
teries, veins, &C.
Animals are vegetables with ease fol
soil, and their roots turned inward to the
soil. BY replenishing the soil in the stom.
ach, and expelling that which has lost its
power Of sustenance, the animal is indie
pendent Of locality, and locomotive
Riley asserts that Arabs, in the desert
live 200 years.
Jeffory Hudson, the dwarf, was but Is
inches high until he was 80 years of age
and then he rose to 3yinches. Bebe, the
Pole, was onlS 81 inches at his death, aged
%.
The foot of Chinese female, from the
heel to the great toe, is only inches long
Total abstinence from food above seye .
days is fatal TO man, but there are instance.
Of surviving after longer period. A re
ligious fanatic, in 1889, determined to fast
40 days, but died on the sixteenth.
In marching, soldiers take 75 steps pei
minute; quick marching, 1OS; and 10 charg.
ing, $50 steps.
The Hindccs have the art Of personal
ing death, so as to deceive able surgeons
An elephant bred to war stands firm
against yollsy of musketry, and 80 bul
lets in the flesh win not kill him.
Fish are drawn towards a light; the,
assemble 10 be fed by the sound of bell
and are fond Of music.
Tho seeds of plants are their eggs. A
suahower produces 1000; poppy 80 600
a tabaeco plant 8 or 400, 900; and spleen
wort, l,000,000.
Potatoes planted below 3 feet do mol
vegetate; at foot they grow thickest, anC
at ? feet are retarded two or three months
A field Of wheat buried under an ava
lanehe for 20 years, proceeded on it
growth &e., as soon as the snow hat
melted
The mahogany tree sfull grown in 20t
years. Cypress trees are known to be
or 900 years old.
A chestnut tree on Mount E,na is 19t
feet rOun' close to the ground
An oak tree in three years grows :
feet l0l inches; larch, 3 feet "a inches
an elm, 8 feet 3 inches; a beech, l foot
inches; poplar, 6 feet; willow, 9 feet
inches.
Iron Is fibrous; gold is crystalline.
There are no solid rocks in the Arcti
Regions, owing to the severe frosts.
Fossil bones Of the lizard, twenty.fon
feet in length, equal to the dragons Of an
tiqniiy, have been found in Bavaria.
The surface Of the sea is estimated a
l50,000,0O0 square miles, taking the Who'll
surface Of the globe at 1877 100000. Il
greatest depth is supposed to be equal /
tho height Of the highest mountain, or fou
miles
Fresh water begins to freeze at 32 de,
called the freezing point, but salt waite
not till 3sI deg.
River water contains about 2S grains q
solid matter to the cubic foot. Hence
such river as the Rhine carries to th
sea every day ld5,9S0 cubic feet of sam
or stone.
Fish are common in the seas Of Surinan
with four eyes, two offhem 10 horns whicI
grow on the crown Of their heads.
Tho moth Polar seas have been explor
cd as fer as lat. SOC 4S'. The South Pola
seas have not been penetrated higher thai
75o
0flO0 parts into which the surface o
The earth may be divided, Europe contain
Z, Ais.ea "a Continental Asia 80, New
Holland, Sc 8, South America, 5, Nortl
America g.
A cylinder full of water may be conver
ted into ICE By placing it in 5 lbs. Of sui
phate Of soda, aud 4 lbs Of sulphurie acid
a 36 dog, wen mixed. The ice is extras
ted for use By putting the cylinder ia no
wainr
Extreme cold produces the same percep
lion on The skin as great heat. Whel
mercury i frozen at 40o below zero, th
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