The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-16
SOME SUPERLATlVES
Compiled for the Globe Democrat.
Mercury is the heaviest liquid.

The longest river is the Nile, 400
miles
The Oldest German college is Heidel-
berg, 1856.
The longest wall is in China-over
1900 miles.
The strongest fortress in the world is
Gibraltar.
The oldest known horse slightly ex-
ceeded % years.
The Croton aqueduct of New York is
So miles long.
The largest ocean is the Pacific, 20 ,000,-
600 square miles
ANNA, 964 feet
The most lengthy canal in the world is
the Erie, 3651a miles.
The longest suspension bridge is the
Brooklyn, $3.50 feet
The oldest United States college is the
Harvard, founded in 1886
The City of Washington has the high
est monument in the world.
The greatest collection Of books is the
National Library of Paris
The deepest spouting we'll is at Spe-
renberg, in Prussia 1874 feet.
Rubber, spun glass, steel and ivory are
the most elastic substances.
The most extensive fortress in the
world is Fortress Monroe, in Virginia.
The nearest approach to the south pole
was by Ross in1S42, IS degrees.
The longest pier bridge is said to be
that of Victoria, at Montreal 9.144 feet
The longest macadamized road in this
country is the National $50 miles
The longest trestle bridge is over Lake
Ponchartrain, New Orleans, % miles
The smallest man was Chemah, a Chi
1uo rf
| high.
The oldest known artesan we'll was
sunk at Lillers, France, in the Twelfth
| century.
The most intense cold yet produced
artificially exceeded 400 degrees below
| zero.
The highest bridge is at Garabil, in
France, which passes over gorge 413
feet deep.
The greatest amount of specific heat is
contained by water The least by bis
| muth
The largest clock is said to be in Buff
| falo, n. Y. It's dial plate is rs feet in
diameter
The longest span of telegraph wire
crosse the klStnah river in India-over
5000 feet.
The greatest cape in the world is Cane
Horn, precipitous mountain over 5000
feet high
The largest Enclosure for deer is said
to be the Royal Park in Copenhagen
1900 acres.
The earliest mention of shoes is in an
Egyptian papyrus, about 1900 years be-
fore Christ.
The largest theatrical building is the
Grand Opera of Paris. 1t covers three
acres of ground
me lowest tide, where any exists at
all, are at Panama, where two feet is
the average rise and fall.
The tallest chimney in the world is
that OF cemical manufactory in elias
gov, Scotland, 474 feet.
Inc largest wrought iron pillar is at
Delhi, in India. 1t is 60 feet high and
weighs II TONS
Inc earliest wheat grew on the plateau
or Armenia, where this plant once ex-
listed as native grass
Inc heaviest fibrous substance used for
textile fabrics is fax, which is twice as
heavy as water
The longest tunnel, including all an
proacnes, is that of CiemnitZ, in Hun
gary, 1927 miles.
The deepest OCEAN soundines SLIGHTLY
exceed 46 600 feet They were made near
Tristan d 'Acunba.
The Hottest active volcano is Cotonaxi
1t is 1880 feet high, and its last great
eruption was in 1856
The largest barometer is one made for
recording observations in New York civ.
Its tube is 81 fet long.
The largest rector for a telescope was
that made for the Lord Rose instrument
u inches in diameter
The largest ferryboat is said to be one
at Porte Costa, Cal. 1t is 424 fet in
length and has a tonnage of 3.541.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky has
and probably deserves the reputation of
being the largest in the world.
The oldest known corsets were found
on the mummy of an Egyptian princess.
dating 1000 years before Christ
The greatest bell it to i( -d3Tr db
The greatest bell is that long famous as
the giant of the Kremln, in Moscow. Its
weight is 443,722 pounds.
The oldest perfumes were those recov-
cred from Egyptian tombs, 1900 to 1000
years before the Christian era.
The longest recorded hair growing on
the female head was eight feet. The
longest recorded beard was ~ feet.
The largest hall in the United States is
said to be the Wigwam of Chicago, which
will seat 10000 spectators.
The oldest republic on the earth is that
of San Marino, in Italy. It's independence
| dates from Roman times
The largest fresh water lake is Lake
Superior. $4,000 square miles, or nearly
| one-half the size of Missouri
The most ductile metal is platinum.
Wires have been made Of it very little
thicker than the threads of a spider web.
The largest stick of timber was cut in
Washington. 1t was $50 feet long and
an average Of 20 by q inches.
The oldest university at present in ex-
istence is Oxford, which claims to have
been founded by Alfred the Great.
1t is said that the largest bar of gold
ever cast was sent to the Bank of Califor-
mia in 1882. 1t weighed 51115 pounds.
The heaviest vegetable substance is the
| lignum vitae, which sinks in water as.
i though it were so much metal
The highest point ever attained by
man was that reached by Cox and Glai-
sher, in 1862, 1900 feet above the sea.
1t is said that the largest crane in the
world is in the Krupp iron works. 1t
! lifts and turns weight of $50 tons.
The largest inland sea is the Mediter-
ranean, OF, 900 square miles, or more
than three times the size of Texas
The largest cast bronze statue in the
world is that of Peter the Great at St.
Petersburg 1t weighs LOO tons.
The largest refracting lens is that of
| the Lick telescope, sc inches. Larger
lenses are now in process of construction.
The largest country in one body and
under one government is the Russian
empire. 1t comprises 1888, 1856 square
| milo