Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-17
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@. VIII you please explain the
process of sending money 10 Lon
don by New York draft? T. ID. L..
A. The postoffice department
says that banks in New York
maintain balances in London,
against which a bill Of exchange
(Which is the same as a drafD
is drawn. The price paid is in
dollars for the bill which is pay
able in pounds sterling. and is
dependent upon the market rate
at the time of purchase.
@. Are there any railroads in
Hawaii? A. ii. r..
A. There are about 307 miles
OF railroads in the Hawaiian Is
lands. the principal line being
on Oahu.
@. Can the flamingo be do
mesticated? i. II. w.
A. When taken young flam-
ingos are readily tanned. but they
are not generally found to thrive
in domesticated state.
Q. What was the loss resulting
from the floods In Ohio and In
diana seven or eight years ago?
X. II. ID.
A. In the 1918 floods in Ohio
and Indiana 730 lives were lost
and the property loss was more
than s1S0,000,
Q. How big is molecule?
L. p.
A. 1t has been estimated that
a molecule of water has diam
eter Of about one forty millionth
of an inch and that the number
of molecules in a cubic inch Of
air is 443 million million million.
@. What is flood anchor?
A. w.
A. This term is applied to the
anchor by which ship rides
during the flood tide.
Q. What is or was the largest
wine cask I'm the world? S.. N. H.
A. The famous copper tun
kept in the cellar of Heidelberg
Castle is said to have been the
largest wine cask in the world,
being SO feet in length, 26 In d.
ameter and capable Of holding
$4,000 gallons.
@. What was the F1orentine
Experiment? II. G. A.
A. The Florentine Experiment,
in physics, was an experiment
made in 1861 to test whether or
not water was compressible.
Water was enclosed in a globe of
thin gold, afterward Theoretically
sealed. In COMPRISING the globe
the water. instead of yielding
forced its way through the pores
of the gold ana stood in drops
on the outer surface.
@. How much corn can one
man plant in day? Il. G.
A. With a hand planter
one man can plant 4.40 acres a
day; with one-horse one-row
corn-planter he can plant 6.9O
acres; with two-horse two-row
corn-planter he can plant 1890
acres.
/ @. What period is covered
when interest, ETC., Is declared
payable "semi-annually?" r.. X.
A. Semi-annual means every
six months--not necessarily jan
uary and July, or July and De-
cember. but any two periods siz
months apart.
@. To settle an argument. will
a log placed in running water
travel faster or slower than the
water? II. S. S.
A. The photographic office
says that a log placed in a run
ming stream will travel neither
faster nor slower than the
water, but take its speed from
the water.
Q. Who composed "SiIyeI
Threads Among the Cold" and
when? u. T.. Il.
A. Silver Threads Among the
Gold" was by Eben Rexford-
Hart Pease banks in 1874,
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