Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
SOME IMMENSE THINGS.
A Few Of the Great Marvels of
Nature and Art
The Largest Of Every Thing in All Quar-
ters of the Globe-An Interesting Com
pendiun of Historical and
Statistical Facts,

laYas, the mean elevation Deing estimated
at 1900 feet.
Tho lofuest mountain is Mount Everest,
or Guarisauker, of the Himalaya range,
having an elevation Of 29O02 feet above the
sea level.
Tho largest city in the world is London.
It's population numbers 4,02l, ,575 souls New
York, win population Of 1,j5O,OOO, comes
. Gith ia tho list Of great cities
Tho largest theater is the new opera
. house in Paris. 1t covers nearly three acres
4. Of ground It's cubic mass 4,251000 feet.
| II cost Gj,OO1OO1 francs.
The lOi.est active volcano IL PopOcatepetl
| Smoking mountain), thirty-hve miles
| southwest OF Puebla, Mex. 1t is 17,74
feet above the sea level, aud has crater
/ three miles in clrcum ference and 1000 feet
deep.
/ The largest island In the world-whch is
! also regarded as cOntinent-is Australia
| II is 2,5JJ miles in length from east 10 west
and measures ! $50 miles from north 10
south It's area is 2,95i,2S7 square miles.
/ The largest span Of wire in the world is
! used for u telegraph in India over the river
! Kistuah between Bezorah and Sectau-
aYrum. 1t is more than 5000 feet long, and
is stretched between two hills, each Of
! which Is 200 feet high.
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Eastern She is $50 feet long, SO feet
broad and 90 feet deep, being 22,927 tons
builders, 1898 gross aud l3,3A net
register She was built at Milwall, on the
Thames, aud was launched January 81,
1871
The largest university is Oxford, in En-
gland, In the city of the same name, fifty
five miles from London. IL consists OF
twentyOne colleges and five halls. Oxford
was "A seat of learning as early as the time
of Edward the Confessor. University Col
lege claims to have been founded by
Alfred.
The largest body Of fresh water on the
globe is Lake SuperiOr-4iOO miles long, 1UJ
miles wide at It's greatest breadth and hav-
ing an area OF 5000 square miles. Its
mean depth is said TO be 800 and its greatest
depth 700 fathoms- Its surface Is about 63j
feet above the level OF tho sea.
The most extensive park IS Deer Park, In
the onvirons Of Copenhagen, in Denmark
The incosure contains 4,2JO acres, and is
divided by "a small river.
The largest pleasure ground in the United
Statos and one Of the largest in the world,
is Faifmount Park, Philadelphia, which con
talns =, 1IS acres.
Tho largest cavern is Mammoth Cave,
IN Edmondson County, Kentucky. 1t is
near Green river, SIX miles from Cave City
and about twenty-eight miles from Bowling
Green. The cave consists OF Il succession
Of irregular Chambers some OF which are
large, situated on different levels Some Of
these are traversed by navigabe branches
of tho subterraneun Echo river. Blind fish
are found in its waters
The longest tunnel Of the world is that of
ST. Gothard, on the line of railroad be-
tween Lucerne and Milan The summit Of
the tunnel is go foet below tho surface ut
Andermatt and 5000 feet beneath the peak
vi Kastelhorn of the ST. Gothard group
Inc tunnel ~ twonty-six ana one half fo6t
wide and nineteen feet ten inches from the
floor TO the crown of the archcd roof 1t is
nine and half mios long-a little over
mile longer than the Mount Cenis tunnel
The biggest trees In the word are tho
mammoth trees OF California. One of Il
grove IN Tulare County, according to meas
uremcnt made by members of the State
Geological Survey, was shown 10 be 216 feet
high, 100 feet In circumference ut base ana
sevonty-siN foet at point twelve fool
above the ground Some OF the tltrs are
$50 feet high and thirty five feet in diam
etor. Some Of the largest that have been
foaed indicate an age of from 2,OOJ 10 2,JOJ
years,
The largest inland sea is the Caspian, "
Ing between Europe and Asia Its greatest
length is 100 miles, ITS greatest brcadln 2i0
miles, aud its area 10000 square miles
The Groat Salt lake in Utah, watch may bu
properly termod an inland sea, is about
ninety miles long and has varying breadth
of from twenty TO thirty-fiye mics. IIs
surface is 4, 100 feet above the sea, whereas
the surface of the Caspian is eighty -four loot
below tho leyel of the ocean.
The largest Empire in the world is that OF
Great Britain, comprising $500 ,dJi square
than sixth part OF tho land
Of the globe, and embracing uudcr il ruto
nearly n sixth part OF the population of tlo
world, In territorial extent tue United
states ranks third, containing 35,L-B
square miles, including AlaallG. In p'pIla-
ton IL ranks fourth with las GD,uJJ ulJ ut
people Russia ranlss second, having b,J!,
p+0 square miles.
Tho highest m2uolith IL the obeiisk at
karuak, IN Egypt. EarualS is on the east
bank Of the Nile, near Luxor, and occupies
part Of the site Of ancient Thebes, The
obclisk Is ascribed TO Hatasu sister Of
Pharaoh Thothmes III, who rclgntl about
1900 H. &, Its whole length is 10 feet, and
IL weighs 400 tons It's hcight without
pedestal is los foot 10 inches The height |
VI NAlN NhNAlah ia NfANAA4 I alN NOW I OK !
City, without pedestal, is 6S feet II inches, !
It's weight about l69 tons.
The largest bell is the great bell OF Mos
POW at the foot OF tho kremln, Its CIR |
at the bottom Is nearly is feet |
and it's height a little moro than n feet In /
Its stoutest part II is ~ inches thick, and |
rs weight has been computed 10 bo 4iA5G9 |
pounds. Il has never boon hung and was /
probably east ON the spot whore Il now |
stands. a piece Of the bell is broken OF /
rho fracture - supposed to have been o1. /
'asloned by water having been thrown /
upon II whoe heated 10y tho building erected |
over IL being ON tire.
The greatest wall In the world is tho |
Chinese Wall, built by the first Emperor /
'f the tslp dynasty, about ~ h. G., as u
protection against Tartars. IL travcrses
ho northern boundary OF China aud Is
'arrot over the highest hills, through the
icopost valleys, across rtyors aud cyery |
'tler natural obstacle, It's length is l,2jO /
nlcs. ucludiur a parapot ~ five feet the
otal beurht " the wall is - foot, thickness
70 tho base, .A feet, and at the top, l5 feet
Towers or hasuons o,cuT at intervals ~
.bout loO yarls,
Suggestion GO nuilders.
A variety OF materials such as sawdusL
lry ashes, cork shipplngs, etc, have boon
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