Sublime Calculation
Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
July
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text
-Tho voice of aloenst can be beard one-eighih of a niilo ; ( rtnd il is calculated that if a midcilmg sizcd man had a voice as strong Ãn proportion to liis weight, lie could be heard 2,779 miles. It is also calciilated that if he was as nimblc in proportion lo hissize as aflea, he cotà ld hop more than twelvc thousnnd miles ; or about as fnr as froni New York to Chinn.Should 'liko to see cm go it.' Tlic füliovvinÃ.' nppoata lo be a jiidt cstimnto of l!ic foicc dovv upan (lie Rio Grande untlcr c niiiiniu! olMiij. Gun. Taylor: U. S. rt'gul.us, 3.510 Louimana voluutcera, 4,500 Tcx 4i 750 Mnbñmn " 75') Komncky '⦠7."i() Missouri ' 7-"0 T..(il I!. 000