The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-17
FACTS AND CURIosITIEs.

Three hundred thousand persons In Ireland
are employed in working patterns on muslin
with a needle,
At Mayence, France, are the ruins Of an aque.
duct 1000 feet long, and carried on from 500 to
600 pillars,
The vertebral or spinal column in all apes con.
sist Of about the same parts and proportions as 1t
does In man.
Some Of the aqueducts built at Athens 900 and
700 years before Christ continue to this day to
supply the inhabitants Of that city with fresh wa.
ter.
The aqueduct named the Aqua Claudia, built
by the Roman Emperor Claudius was 46 miles
long, S5 miles Of 1t being under and 10 above
ground.
The ancient Romans excelled In the art Of 40
ueduct building. These great Improvements
were superintendent by public engineers and
paid for out Of the public purse, as In our day.
AT regular intervals along the course Of Ro.
man aqueduct were built reservoirs to enable re-.
pairs to be made at any point Smaller reser.
voirs were also in use in the city or these, 1t is
said, there were 247.
The architectural work Of the aqueducts built
by ancient Rome was stupendous in size and
daring in character, At one point a series Of
arches rose $50 feet above the ground, one Of the
arches having q span OFFS feet
Fourteen distinct aqueducts supplied ancient
Rome with an ample supply Of pure water. Some
Of these were more than 60 miles In length, and
three Of them remain In use at the present time,
furnishing the modern city with abundance OF
water
A remarkable specimen Of anclent skill In ma.
sonry Is the aqueduct at spoleto, which now
serves also as bridge. It has 10 arches, notcea-
BILE for the elegance Of their design, and the airy
Ightness Of their proportions each one 66 feet In
span, and Of the extraordinary height Of 800 feet.
Physically, the ape is enough like man to be
his brother. The skeleton Of ages generally, II
we excepl the tail, has about the same number
OF bones as man. The proportions Of its parts,
except In some minor instances are also such as
In man. Nog are their shapes, except those Of
the Jaws and haunch bones, greatly different.
The same rule Of resemblance holds throughout
all their structure.
One of the most magnificent structures In the
world is the aqueduct bridge at Msintenon,
France II Is about hve-sixths Of mile in
length, more than 200 feet in height and contains
242 arches each divided into three rows, forming
in all 726 arches of about so feet span. The eaque.
duct thus has the appearance OF three small
bridges two built on top Of the other, one sur.
mounting the whole, which It virtually is.
CrotOn Aqueduct, by which the city of New
York is supplied with water, was OF the time Of
Its completion, and in fact still is, regarded Rl
one Of the wonders Of the world. It's length ia
SSl miles, and 1t is built most Of this dis
tance Of brick, stone and cement, inclosed Ovel
and under, Q feet inches wide Rt the bottom,
feet 8 inches at the top, and feet inches high
It Ia carried over Harlem river on magnificent
bridge, 14SO feetlons and ia feet above high wa
ter mark.
The City Of Marseilles France, has grea. wa
Ter works system. II IS supplied with water .,