New Britain herald., 1930-01-14

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 Q. What does the expression
 Born with a gold spoon in his mouth signify?
 A. It is d common expression used in referring to persons whose parents are wealthy.
 c. Why are nails referred to as 7 penny and 1 penny nails?
 A. The word penny originally referred to the weight Of the nail, that is a ? penny nail originally weighed ? pennyweght However the common nails at the present tune arc considerably heavier than the designated weights. These terms are now used ito designate the length of the nail
 Q. Was the Royal Geographic Society the first society devoted ex- 1 clusiVely to geographical discovery ? When was it established ?
 4. The first society devoted ex- clusirely 10 geographical discovery was the African Association, found i cd in London in 178S. It passed on it's functions to the Royal Geo. graphical Society, which was es- tabllshed in 1880, with a world wide outlook. It had a roll of 5000 FeI- 1 lows in 1928.
 Q, What is the new name Of Constantinople?
 1 A. 1stanbul,
 Q. What does the name Gill. patrick meano
 A. Servant Of Patrick.
 c. What is the difference be- tween pasteurized and certified milk?
 A. faSteurized milk is milk that mas been heated to about 15O de- srees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes and then rapidly cooled. Certified milk IS raw milk taken from cows that nave been made immune from toperculosis, under most sanitary conditions.
 Q. Who wrote the musical comedy Posa Marieo A. Friml, Hammerstein and 11ar- bach.
 e. If a person with light hair and fair skin has dark eyes is she a blonde?
 A. True blondes have light hair hght skin and light eyes. However a person with light hair and dark eyes may also be called q blonde
 o. How much would an airplane capaDl of crossing the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean cost?
 A. The minimum price of an air plane capable Of crossing the At- lant1c is about thirteen thousand uollars. To cross the Pacific ocean It would be necessary to have plane costing about sixty to seventy thousand dollars or more.
 Q. Does the president Of the chlted States receive the hiehast salary Of anybody in the United States? ''''u
 A. The presidents salary of s'9'ooo IS higher than that of an, Ut 'iier government official, but many prl'ate corporations pay their off clals higher salaries.
 Q. What is the nearest town to the Boulder Dam site?
 A. Les Vegas, Nevada.
 "- How much revenue did tho United States government rocoiro ,'o'' o'sulled spirits and fcrmented liquors in 1918 and 1s19o
 A. In 1919 the revenue from thot source was s4S3.o5o,S54.47 and in ls2S it was s443.S39,544os
 Q. Is raw silk now on inc froo lsto '''' II ee
 A. Yes.
 Q. Why do clouds seem to move m direction different from that in "i'ch the wind is blowingo
 A. Because. while tho current of ar at the earth's surface may ha nlo'ing In one direction. at hieher d'''tndes 1t may be blowing, in tho opposite or different direction ''o,''e'ii''es It IS even observed that d low lyln9 layer Of clouds will ho moving in another direction. noro often they are moving in tho sam, d'rccuon' but an upper layer may De moNlng much faster or slower than q lower layer.
 t). W hero Inac t mon obtain its standard time for the clocks it operateso
 A, From the United States Na,.o, observatory. The time is ohtoina1 oy observations Of stars from 60 lccted list of about 15O clock stars lhese are stars whose positions arc known to a high degree of nor r's'on' n' and whose apparent places rom day 10 day are given in inc Aherl'an Ephemeris, and are thera- lore readily obtainable. Onl,- otor, "hlch cross the meridian witbi, on degrees of the zenith are inc,udoa m order that the azimuth error nov. De small The observations oro made with a transit instr,,n,ant SIX stars being observed each night three north and three south of inc zenith. The standard clocks at tho observatory, three In number are mounted on separate brick piers in the clock vault. Each pier weighs approximately o,0OO pounds and rests upon solid concrete base sx- tendlh@ some distance into the ground.
 e. What is the smallest denomi- nation gold piece ever issued bv the United States Treasury?
 A. The one dollar coin.
 c. Where may obtain informa- uon about Boulder Canyon Damo
 A. From the Bureau of Reclama- uon Interior Department, Washing ton, D. c.
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