New Britain herald., 1925-12-01

vacuum, caCh Will UP the scale aC-
cordng to its respective weight, in
dcpendcntly of the absence of re-
5istance Of the air.
Q. Was Teheran always the capt.
tai of Persia?
A. no. Rhagas or Rel. its pre-
/ dtcessor, the ruins OF which are near
! Teheran, was a busting city of one
and one-half millions in the Middle
Ages. AS the birthplace of Harun
al-Rashid, Caliph of Bagdad, the
| fifth and the most renowned of the
Abbassidcs. Its name Is forever link
ed with the Arabian Nights. This
city, was destroyed by Jenghiz Khan
and Timur.
Q. What Is the value Of United
States large copper cent dated 1927?
A. to 81 cents.
@. Who wrote BLACK Beauty?
! A. Anna Sewell. She vas born
in Yarmouth, England. in 1920 and
died in 1878. year after the book
appeared. The book. which is the
autobiography Of q horse, was writ
ten In 1877.
Q. Where must an elephant be
| hit In order to make fatal wound?
A. To wound an elephant fatally
| he must be hit either in the heart
or in the head about the level of the
eyes. Elephant hunters aim for the
eyes.
Q. Has Alma Rubens ever been
married?
A. Yes, to DR., Daniel Carson
Goodman, whom she divorced. She
is now engaged to Ricardo Cortez.
@. What Is the worlds record for
one mile for running horses?
A. The record is ] minute and
33 and Is seconds made by Caiman
(American bred) at Lingfold Park
(straight coursc), Surrey. England,
July 81, 1900,
@. How much Of the area of the
earth Is water and how much land?
A. The superficial area Of the
Cart, is 196,94o,0No square miles
9,6S5,00 square miles Of water
and 1926. 600 of land.
| Q. What Is a lock on canal?
| A. Locks are mechanical con-
trivances or structures erected across
rivers and water courses for the
purpose Of confirming water and rails
ing or lowering it to different lev
OILS They consist of barrier or dam
commonly known as n weir or guard
lock and an enclosed space some
times called a lift-lock fitted with
sluice gates in which vessels are rails
ed or lowered by means OF letting
reaches the level of the river either
above or below the weir.
| @. What was the cotton crop for
the United States In 1924?
A. 13,62S,o0o bales.
Q. What is Halley's Comet?
| A. 1t is the most famous of the
comets and was the first to make
predicted return. Edmund Haley
was distinguished English astron-
omer, friend of Sir Isaac Newton.
He discovered that the orbits Of the
comets of 1881 and 1907 were SIM
! lldt ~ Lllul UL 10 =, "lllCH ne IlItl~
self observed, and thereupon con-
cluded they were one and the same.
He predicted the comets return
about 1853 and called upon posterity
to record and verify his prediction.
| The comet arrived at perihelion on
March IL. 1859. Investigation Of the
past showed many references to It's
periodic appearance throughout the
Christian era. In 1885 It returned
again and also in 1910. While yet
some 300,o00,0o0 miles distant, 1t
was photographed on September II,
! 1909. first becoming visible to the
eye, February II, 1910 and contin-
ued visible to March Q; and from
April IS to June rs. It's nearest
approach to the earth then was
about 100000 miles. At the time
OF nearest approach the diameter Of
the nucleus was approximately 400
miles and the length of the tall was
100000 miles. The comet was