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MAsY fan r IN fns WoRps.-A legal
stone is Ii lbs. oran eighth OF an hundred
in England. aud l6 lbs. in Holland A
ialhom. ia ieci. Is derived iiom the height
ol iail grown man. A hand, in horse
measure, Is loar inches. An Irish mile is
a2iO yards; Scotch mile is 1854 yarlsi
an English, or statute mile Is ,76D yard ;
a German. l,sO6: Turkish. l,s26. An
acre is'i $50 spare yards, or 6Dyands. !
foot, "a inches each way. A square mile is
l,7j1 yards each way, containing 6iO
acres. The human body consists of 2i0
bones, kinds o' aHiculalions or joinlings
100 carlilascs or ligamen,s, 400 muscle,
or ien1uus, aud loo nerves. Potatoes
planted below three feet do not vegetate; a.
one fou, they gfsss ihiekes,, and nl iwe feet
they are retarded . or months. There
are no solid roc'Ss in the arctic regions, ow.
ing 10 The severe irosis. The surface OF the
sea is eslimaial at 10000, 900 square
miles taking the wholc surface ofIhe globe
At 1917 100000 qpare miles. hsgreaiesg
depth |. supposed 10 b, equal to the height
ol lhe highest mountain, or lour miles,
Fresh water bs9ins to freeze at 80 degrees
called The freezing point; but salt water
does not freeze tl lsi degrees. OF 100
paris into which the surface Of the earth
may be divided, Europe contains I, Africa
u, Continental isia 80. New Holland, &c.
3. South iineriia Is, North America o.
A cylinder Of water may be converted into
ice by placing j il . lbs. Of snlpbaie Of so.
dl, aud lbs. d sulphuric acid, at 80 de.
grcc.. well miNd. The ice is extracted
Tor use by Pul,hg the cylinder In hot wa
ter Extreme sold produces the same per-
spinlion on thi skin US great heat. When
mercury Is iro1n at 30 degrees below zero,
The sensation Of tho skin Is the same as
that Of touching red hot iron. The sound
Of lhunder nay be- heard for twenty. five
miles; OF wilhihc ear on the ground much
more. Lighting is reflected $50 or 300
mhes.