203 



A peck is equal to a box 8 by 8 inches square and 8 inches deep. Food for 



A bushel almost fills a box 12 by 1 2 inches square and 24 inches deep, Plants 

 or 2 cubic feet. 



A cubic foot of water weighs nearly 64 pounds (more correctly, 62^ 

 pounds), and contains from 7 to 8 gallons, according to the kind of gallons 

 used. 



A barrel of water almost fills a box 2 by 2 feet square and l^ feet deep, or 

 6 cubic feet. 



Petroleum barrels contain 40 gallons, or nearly 5 cubic feet. 



Number of Nails and Tacks per Pound. 



Number 

 Per l,b 



NAILS. 

 Name Size 



3 penny, fine i'^ incli 760 na 



3 " ■• 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 



12 



c6 

 20 



30 

 40 



50 



6 



8 



10 



12 



fence 



^H 

 2 



2'4 

 2M 



3 



3/2 



4 



A% 



5 



5% 



2 



3 



^80 



300 



200 



160 



128 



92 



72 



60 



44 



32 



24 



18 



14 

 12 



80 

 50 

 34 

 29 



Name. 

 I oz 



1/2 



2 



2^ 



3 

 4 

 6 



8 



TO 

 12 



14 

 16 

 18 

 20 

 22 

 24 



TACKS. 



I^ength. 

 . \4, inch 



;'i6 



.Hie 



.1 

 . I V16 



■ i/s 



Number 

 Per Lb. 



16,000 



10,666 



8,000 



6,400 



5.333 

 4,000 

 2,666 

 2,000 

 1,600 

 1-333 

 1,143 

 1 ,000 



888 

 800 

 727 

 666 



The Longest and 



Name. 



Amazon 



Nile .. 



Missouri, to its junction with the 



Mississippi 



Missouri, to the sea, forming the 



longest in the world 



Mississippi, proper 



Lena 



Niger, or Jobila 



Obe 



St. Lawrence 



Madeira 



Arkansas 



Volga 



Rio Grande 



Danube 



St. Francisco 



Columbia 



Nebraska 



Greatest Rivers in the World. 



Miles. Name. Miles. 



3,600 Red River 1,200 



3,000 Colorado in California 1,100 



Yellowstone 1,000 



2 ,900 Ohio 950 



Rhine 950 



4,100 Kansas 900 



2,800 Tennessee 800 



2,600 Red River of the North 700 



2,600 Cumberland 600 



2,500 Alabama 600 



2,200 Susquehanna 500 



2,000 Potomac 500 



2,000 James 500 



2,000 Connecticut 450 



1,800 Delaware 400 



1 ,600 Hudson 350 



1,300 Kennebec 300 



1 ,200 Thames 233 



1,200 



