The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29
QUESTIONS III SUN RkADERa

Here IL . correction. "The term horse power wAai
derived IRON the power Of horss. - established ~
James watts. who found BY expemest thss the aver
are mill horss could Hin 100 pounas whom attached 10
rope pulley at the continuous spcsd Of no fees
per minute or IN miles per hour: 1b0x320--sS.pOO
pounds lifted foot per minute This has since been
verified in England By average The coutinusd
day work Of ia horses need in pieuehine when the
average work found TO be 16s pounds lifted 31o
feet rer minute AZ the rate Of ~ miles pef hour
This somewhat exceeded wattss assignment OF che
horse power of work" Mr J. Netteton who sends No
tbis SAYS II comes from scientific paper. which he
Names Tho statement 10 interesting bat not autbcf-
ts'vc IN spite Of the name and prstenslons OF she
paper Tho actual power OF average horse 70 be-
tween twothrds and ree-quarters Of tho accepted
horse power, 33,ooo foot.pounds
friend points that we were mistaken IN suppos
ing a difference between = knot and geographical
mile and admit thAtwo wore. But he. and second
friend. merely bubbles when he says tim. there Is no
such distance as knot. knot. lie says. Is the time
occupied by vessel IN covering distance which In to
ono mile what half minute is to one hour That's
true: but ~ In that time the dis
tancc that distance Is called tnot ami It is simply
hgpcrcriticam to say that knot Isn't eos feet long,
In book ssllers catalogue and the "Conohoiorlsts
rtrs sss9fsy & Pos epnn sr will the nGa.
note that the latter book the work from which he
.S,s I, ihi; conchol"ryl word for word" shit state
DE Rostwick. who wrote the article Pos In tue bic
tionary Of American Biography says that the c'ige Oe
nagiafsm is untrue u has secentN become Lnown
no "t.ee. 'na' u the 'ohrh""eNi was conuensea
and otherwise altered from Thomas wy ats Manual OF
"'"'.'s. ~ W" "''"e Vi ."e ""'""'. N'.Hs' Pu"-
,snoss "ec"ne" !" 'sne mH.'er CAUTION 81 MS N"rk
."u van ee. tne No'ume anu COMPARE tht wv" n"oss
you wond satisfy yourself aud be in position 10 sat.
isfy the world a. t" whether Poe was WI. mot =
tnet Ane Ut bos."'cA r'a"t wv ff"hs Va nv sth'e'
u.n.. ..' .''"ss"ci, " seems !" U.s. N""'a W." haSs
cane" h''eh''oh '" 'ue al'cge" rlnarr's'i tue t"o
hpih r. IN fts.. nfas~
there was some basis Tor III" witch lie repeated
ans,onai Or STATE ses"as S r "'n ~. ..a
such states Is there any S,ntc that yeuutr.s r,s,.
Gsnee of moro ,hnn i've :cai. w
Tne hfo years residence is prerequisite nndcr tue
feuerai law TO fn'i ADMINISTRATIONS; Tn cr the C'hstt-
tuson tine states decide wh" shall vote AM may re-
Tnire residence OF any iHng:h previous 4" r"i!ng.
These states allows foraignc: VII" has ia;;'a hnt his
fret papers to vote after s,H months rrsden"u Colo
rndo ln,liana Kansas Neara'H! Oregon, sou;'i pnso-
"a. ana "yom'hg Ms'hV"h allow. III alter Who has
declared hs intention I" \fo after u" 'S .ntaros
months in the state. hut s% months ~ the country.
residence: Alabama. Arknrs.s r,os,an. Louisiana. I,
cousin ''''''' '''''' ''"'''' ''H1s' ~" VIZ
.a
J. VIII yom neasc sSr!n.n how the home" ir!Y,
In a riith syenus h.scmen. sI ,, n W.. "' ;
tom D What IL the nationality OF Prot Bryr. author
SgN, Sin @ IN MOI % u Mhrn l. TIE
" " $3.50 "''e' l. COR.
l. You have IA fine iien of n ratronymic VA ,iou,s
ind that Bridget Ia raturaIzct or si.nal.l either
ins strength: tho name is found IN trsns s,ams
shu I'aiah' nens on 'ne owner nahu' Is "r'~S shN
means u" innno.ah1 OK De'"s lannon's 'saaa IN
Wv Hss"" "e". "hA' nae"n "ea"s we no h"' lh"".
- M.' n.yee is'ner was sc"'"nmnn' MS mother \
s'','" ". iu "on'"'' ""' 10 ""' "o'" '" "'haH.-
:. lteIpoo' ~ ne Ih'ses' shipping port !" 'ne wora:
men eo'"c' i."ha'h an" 'heh new '"r"' New '"sS 4
Janus souu !" '''""'"' however - e'"'s"' "'a'
AAe's' s''
Ts.,. .r e"s two soA KsO.a o,,s III.
Missouri the lesser in Kansas This second Eansas
City tries TO bank on the prosperity OF tho first IT'S
rty sone ono In authority can't prevent else
from taking some third persons nnme. Then NO :
fhouldnt have two Kansas cities within few yards Of
ton state snda Washington City. not to spesk Of tho
swen.seifos ~ash'naon counties and the Egg Na.h.
ineton townships villages ana hsmsts-forty'sis &C
these in the single state of Indiana aud forty
are in Iowa
"a
Mhas nation IN tbe world has the largest standing
pr,.,. rn., .,r,.-, r,.,,..,,. l,o OK, ,,,"..S
as ~ o,dn.n:. 80 ~ic "a sn,,"tsn sa. a an
2s0oo oncers TbesCossack strength In peace besides
CossaeSs IN the ABOVE total 10 there nro
'2eS% oncers aud men OF tho reserve and Io5.oW
onfeers ana mon OF the local and auxiliary forces
footing Is TBS comhatants officers and men.
What is the English method OF writing nurubtr: 1s
ALL
squared IoOp; 100 multiplied by 10 q Ooo); OOO
squared a. 600 OOO): loOoOOo SQUARED couas one
each DENOMINATION n ohta,n that n.r, h,,n., cnr.
,.m-,h. T,on,,n.n,.,N nu,,,n,,o. go, ss.,,,..,;.
from thousand up by a thousand TO obtain the next
n'sner DENOMINATION We 40 no. Phco the DOCKS YOU
with ssort deserin,ion y, he as.e 1na a YEN,
Koss. WV Fturx soa,Ta,SG
-. NIT x.sr. oId INV .,o,sn a., ,rn ,..Sn., ,,,
much time with b,s character II, wa. con 10 hrwn
h.,,sd hInsevsd ii,t,. fellow. MIN m, ma - .,nn,
no was s''ien jury l. 1913. tf
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