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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



FORCE OF WIND WHEN BLOWING PERPEN- 

 DICULARLY UPON A SURFACE OF 

 ONE SQUARE FOOF 



VELOCITT OF WIND 





7.040 

 8.800 



1.47 

 2.93 

 4 40 

 5.87 

 7 33 



__- DI) 



44 oo 

 51.30 



,->N tiO 

 M 00 



73.30 

 ss 00 

 102.7 

 117 3 

 146.6 



ll 



.005 



.020 



.U44 



.079 



.123 



.492 



1 107 



1.968 



3.075 



4 428 



6 027 



7.872 



Biiwa 



12.300 

 17.712 

 24 . 108 

 :u 4ss 

 49! 200 



DESCRIPTION 



Hardly perceptible. 

 Just perceptible. 

 Just perceptible. 

 Gentle breeze. 

 Gentle breeze. 

 Pleasant. 

 Pleasant. 

 Brisk Rale. 

 Brisk sale. 

 High wind. 

 High wind. 

 Very high wind. 

 Very high wind. 

 Storm. 

 Great storm. 

 Great storm. 

 Hurricane. 

 Hurricane. 



Degree of Fahr. 



112 



111. . 



. . 



95 



95 



88. . 



64.4, . . . 



59 



55. 



30 (about), 



32. 



5 



-37.9. . . 

 Degree of Fahr. 



Spermaceti and stearin of lard melt. 



Phosphorus melts (Miller). 



Temperature of the blood 



Ether (.720) boils. 



Carbolic acid crystals become an oily 

 liquid. 



Acetous fermentation ceases, water 

 boils in t'oruo. 



Vinous fermentation ends, acetous fer- 

 mentation begins. 



Oil of anise liquefies. 



Gay Lussac's Alcoometre graduated at. 



Sirups to be kept at. 



Olive oil becomes partially solid. 



Water freezes. 



Cold produced by snow 2 parts and 

 salt 1 part. 



Mercury freezes. 



STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 



M KTAL8 



NAME OF METAL 



TABLE OF TEMPERATURE 

 Degree of Fahr. 



2.786 Cast iron melts (Daniell). 



1.996, . . Copper melts (Daniell). 



1.947 Gold melts. 



1.873 Silver melts (Daniell). 



1.750, . . . Brass (containing 25% of zinc) melts 



(Daniell). 



1.000 Iron, bright cherry red (Poillet). 



980 Red heat, visible in daylight (Daniell). 



941 Zinc begins to burn (Daniell). 



773, . . . Zinc melts (Daniell). 



644 Mercury boils (Daniell). 662 (Graham). 



640 Sulphuric acid boils (Magrignac), 620 



(Graham). 



630, Whale oil boils (Graham). 



617 Pure lead melts (Rudberg). 



600 Linseed oil boils. 



518 Bismuth melts (Gmelin). 



442 Tin melts (Crichton). 



380 Arsenipus acid volatilizes. 



356 Metallic arsenic sublimes. 



315 Oil of turpentine boils (Kaure). 



302 Etherification ends. 



257, Saturated sol. of sal ammoniac boils 



(Taylor). 



256. Saturated sol. of acetate of soda boils. 



239. Sulphur melts (Miller), 226 (Fownes). 



238 Saturated sol. of nitre boils. 



221, Saturated sol. of salt boils (Paris Co- 

 dex). 



220, Saturated sol. of alum, carb. soda, arid 



sulph. zinc. boil. 



218 Saturated sol. of chlorate and prus- 



siate potash, boil. 



216 Saturated sol. of sulph. iron, sulph. 



copper, nitrate of lead, boil. 



214 Saturated sol. of acetate lead, sulph. 



and bitartrate potash, boil. 

 213 or (213.5), Water begins to boil in glass. 



212 Water boils in metal, barometer at 30. 



211, . . Alloy of 5 bismuth, 3 tin, 2 lead, melts. 



201, Alloy of 8 bismuth, 5 lead, 3 tin, melts 



(Kane). 



207 Sodium melts (Regnault). 



185. Nitric acid 1.52 begins to boil. 



180 (about), . Starch forms a gelatinous compound 

 with water. 



176 Rectified spirit boils, benzol distils. 



173 Alcohol (sp. gr. .796 to .800) boils 



151 Beeswax melts (Kane). 142 (Lepage). 



150 Pyroxylic spirit boils (Scanlan). 



145 White of egg begins to coagulate 



141.8 Chloroform, and ammonia of .945. boil. I 



132 Acetone (pyroacetic spirit) boils (Kane). ; 



122 Mutton suet and stvracin melt 



116 Bisulphuret of carbon bp-ls (Graham). 



115, Pure tallow melts (Lepage), 92 (Thom- 

 son). 



Aluminum wire 



Brass wire, hard drawn, . . . 

 Bronze, phosphor, hard drawn, 

 Bronze, silicon, hard drawn, . 

 Copper wire, hard drawn, . . 



Gold wire, 



Iron, cast, 



Iron, wire, hard drawn, . . . 



Iron, wire, annealed 



Lead, cast or drawn 



Palladium 



Platinum wire, 



Silver wire, 



Steel, mild, hard drawn, . . . 

 Steel, hard, hard drawn, . . . 



Tin, cast or drawn 



Zinc, cast 



Zinc, drawn, .... 



TENSILE 

 STRENGTH IN 

 POUNDS PER 

 SQ. IN. 



30,000-40.000 

 50,000-150.000 

 110,000-140.000 

 95,000-115.000 

 60,000-70,000 

 38,000-4 1 ,000 

 13.000-29,000 

 80,000-120.000 

 50,000-60.000 

 2,600-3,300 

 39,000 

 50,000 

 42,000 



100,000-200.000 

 150,000-380.000 



4.000-5,000 

 7,000-13.000 

 22,000-30,000 



STONKS AND BRICKS 



NAME OF SUBSTANCE 



Basalt, . . . 

 Brick, soft, . 

 Brick, hard, . 

 Brick, vitrified, 

 Granite, . . . 

 Limestone, . . 

 Marble, . . 

 Sandstone, . . 

 Slate, 



RESISTANCE TO 



CRUSHING IN 



POUNDS PER 



SQ. IN. 



18.000-27,000 



300-1,500 

 1,500-5,000 

 9,000-26,000 



17.000-26,000 

 4.000-9,000 

 9.000 22.000 

 4,500 8.000 



11,000-30,000 



Beech, . . 

 Birch, . . 

 Chestnut, . 

 Elm. . . . 

 Hackberry, 

 Hickory, . 

 Maple, . . 

 Mulberry, . 

 Oak, burr, 

 Oak, red, . 

 Oak, water, 

 Oak. white, 

 Poplar, . . 

 Walnut, 



11,000-18,000 



12,000-18.000 



10.000-13,000 



12,000 IS. 000 



10,000-16,000 



15,000-25.000 



8,000-12.000 



8.000-14,000 



15.000-20.000 



13,000-18.000 



12.000-16.000 



20.000-25.000 



10,000-15,000 



8,000-14,000 



9,000-10.000 

 5,000-7,000 

 4.000-6,000 

 6,000-10,000 



7,600-12,600 

 6,000-8,000 



7. 000- 10.000 



5.000-7.000 



4.000-6.000 



6,000-9.000 



5,000-8.000 



4,000-8.000 



