The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
SOME LARGE THINGS.
In the Possession of Many of Which Amer
lea lakes the Lead.

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New York. The length of the main
span is 1896 feet and 6 inches. The
entire length of the bridge is $3.50 feet.
Fortress Monroe is the largest single
fertilization in the world. 1t has a.
ready cost the American Government
over $S,000,000. The water battery is
considered one of the finest military
works in the world.
The Hottest active volcano is Popo-
catapetl Smoking mountain). thirty
five miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico.
1t is 1874 feet above the sea level
and has crater three miles in circurn-
ference and 1000 feet deep.
The largest university is that of Ok
ford, England. 1t consists of twenty
five colleges and five halls.
The most extensive park is Deer
Park, in the envirous of Copenhagen,
Denmark. The inclosure contains 4, 200
acres, and is divided by small river
The largest pleasure-ground in Amer
lea is Paramount Park, Philadelphia,
which contains $40 acres.
The largest body of fresh water on
the globe is Lake Superior. 1t is 400
miles long, 100 miles wide at its great
est breadth, and has an area of $1,000
square miles. Its mean depth is said to
be 200 feet and its greatest depth about
900 fathoms. Its surface is 365 feet
above the sea.
The largest tunnel in the world is
that of ST. Gothard, on the line of rail-
road between Lucerne and Milan. The
summit of the tunnel is 900 feet be-
meath the surface of Audermatt, and
5000 feet beneath the peak of the
Kastelhorn, of the St. Gothard group.
The most extensive cavern is the
Mammoth Cave, in Edmonson County,
Kentucky. 1t is near Green river, six
miles from Cave City, and twenty-eight
miles from Bowling Green.
The largest trees are the mammoth
trees of California. One of a grove
in Tulare County, according to meas
urement made by members of the
State Geological Survey, was shown to
be 276 feet high, 105 feet in circumfer-
ence at the base and rs feet at point
twelve feet above the ground. Some
of the trees are 376 feet high and "a
feet in diameter. Some of the largest
that have been felled indicate an age
from 1000 to $500 years.
The largest inland sea is the Cas-
plan, lying between Europe and Asia.
Its greatest length is 760 miles, its
greatest breadth 270 miles, and its area
$4,000 square miles.
The largest empire in the world is
that Of Great Britain, comprising
1857, sos square miles (more than a
sixth part of the land of the globe)
and embracing under it's rule nearly a
sixth part of the population of the
world. In territorial extent the United
States ranks third, containing 3, $50. 242
square miles, including Alaska; in
population it ranks fourth, with its
1000, 900 people. Russia ranks second,
8, 1852, $40 square miles.
The highest monolith is the obclisk
at Karnak. Egypt. Karnak is on the
east side of the Nile. near Luxor, and
occupies part of the site Of ancient
Thebes. Its whole length is 122 feet;
its weight 400 tons. Its height, with
out pedestal, is $50 feet 10 inches.
The Chinese wall is the largest wall
in the world. 1t was built by the first
Emperor of the Tsin dynasty, about
250 B. c., as protection against Tar
tars. Its length is 1,250 miles. lnclud-
ing a parapet of five feet, the total
height of the wall is twenty feet; thick
ness at the base twenty-five feet, and
at the top fifteen feet. Towers or bas-
lions occur at intervals of about 100
yards.
The largest library is the Biblio-
theque National in Paris, founded by
Louis XIV. 1t contains 100000 vol
umes, 100000 pamphlets, 175, 900 manu-
scripts. 100000 maps and charts, and
100000 coins and medals. The collec-
ton of engravings exceeds 100000,
contained in some 10000 volumes.
The largest bell in the world is the
great bell OF Moscow, ut the foot of the
Kremlen. Its circumference at the
bottom is nearly 6S feet, and its height
81 feet. In its stcutest part it is 20
inches thick, and its weight is COM
puted to be 443,772 pounds.
The largest cathedral in the world is
St. Peters, in Rome.-Inter Ocean.