Knowledge In A Nutshell

A (ítíbit is twó feet. A pace is three feet. A fathoni is six feet. A span is lOJ im-hes. A alm is tliree inelies. A arreat cubít is U fec-t. A leagne is lliree miles. IThere are ?,Í30 laJiguages. Öfcts, :!", pounds pfjr búsbel. Brau, 35 iKinmls ie' bushel. Barley, 48 po"unds per bushel. A ctay's journey is 33Ï miles. Twë persons díe evcrv SeéonS. Soinul moves 748 miles peí liour. A gquare miUí conferios 640 aeres. A sloi ui blows :!( milea per liour. ('oarso salt. s" pounds per buahel. A tnb oí' hutter Avei.Líiis SI ]i(iunls. I')iic];vle;it, 'ú pounds per bushel. The average human life is:;i cars. A barrel of nee weighs 900 boUnds. Au acre contaïhs 4,840 sqtiare yards. A Hrkin of fiútter weighs 58 pdunds. A barrel of flöwr weigl !!)(! ponrids. A bartel of por wei'ghs 200 pmindB. Timethy seaa, 45 pou'nds pertrashel. A lüirrieane moves 80 miles per hou i-. Slow rivera flew live miles per liour. A hand (liorse measure) is faur indli S. A i-jíle ball moves 1,000 miles per liour. Bapia rtvéra flow seven miles per liour. EleetriCity moves 288,000 miles per luuir. The first lucifer match was made in I$29. Gold.WM discovered in California in 18. Tlio iirst liorserailroad was built in 1828-7. A niile is 5,280 feet, or 1,770 yards in lentitli. . ! The first steamiioat plied the lludson in 1S07. Ion; rye and flax seed 2(5 pounds pet bushel. A moderate wind lilows seven miles per liour. AVlic;it. bftans and clover seed, 00 poijnds per bu si iel. Tlie first steam engine on this conti: neiit was brougüf froni Knland in 17Ö3. l'ntil 177G eotton spinning was perforned by the hand spinning win el.