by Barkham Burroughs
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929_Chapters 260 1,189 Verses 23,814 Verses 7,959 81,178 Words 692,489 Words 281,258 773,697 Letters 2,728,100 Letters 838,880 3,566,480
Apocrypha--chapters, 183; verses, 6,081; words, 152,185.
The middle chapter and the least in the Bible is Psalm cxvii.
The middle verse is the 8th of Psalm cxviii.
The middle line is in 16th verse, 4th chapter, 2 Chronicles. The word and occurs in the Old Testament 35,543 times; in the New Testament, 10,684 times.
The word Jehovah occurs 6,855 times.
OLD TESTAMENT.
The middle book is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is Job xxix.
The middle verse would be in the 2d of Chronicles, 20th chapter, between the 17th and 18th verses.
The least verse is the 1st of Chronicles, 1st chapter, and 1st verse.
NEW TESTAMENT.
The middle book is 2 Thessalonians.
The middle chapter is between the 13th and 14th of Romans.
The middle verse is the 17th of Acts xvii.
The shortest verse is the 35th of John xi.
The 21st verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra contains all the letters of the alphabet.
The 19th chapter of 2 Kings, and the 37th of Isaiah, are alike.
It is stated that the above calculation took three years to complete.
REMARKABLE INSCRIPTION.
The following singular inscription is to be seen carved on a tomb situated at the entrance of the church of San Salvador, in the city of Oviedo. The explanation is that the tomb was erected by a king named Silo, and the inscription is so written that it can be read 270 ways by beginning with the large S in the center. The words are Latin, "Silo princeps fecit."
T I C E F S P E C N C E P S F E C I T I C E F S P E C N I N C E P S F E C I C E F S P E C N I R I N C E P S F E C E F S P E C N I R P R I N C E P S F E F S P E C N I R P O P R I N C E P S F S P E C N I R P O L O P R I N C E P S P C C N I R P O L I L O P R I N C E P E E N I R P O L I S I L O P R I N C E P E C N I R P O L I L O P R I N C E P S P E C N I R P O L O P R I N C E P S F S P E C N I R P O P R I N C E P S F E F S P E C N I R P R I N C E P S F E C E F S P E C N I R I N C E P S P E C I C E F S P E C N I N C E P S F E C I T I C E F S P E C N C E P S F E C I T
Besides this singular inscription, the letters H. S. E. S. S. T. T. L. are also carved on the tomb, but of these no explanation is given. Silo, Prince of Oviedo, or King of the Asturias, succeeded Aurelius in 774, and died in 785. He was, therefore, a contemporary of Charlemagne. No doubt the above inscription was the composition of some ingenious and learned Spanish monk.
CURIOUS CALCULATIONS.
CONSUMPTION OF AIR IN ACTIVITY AND REPOSE.
Dr. Radclyffe Hall makes the following interesting statement with regard to the amount of air we consume in repose, and at different degrees of activity: When still, we use 500 cubic inches of air in a minute; if we walk at the rate of one mile an hour, we use 800; two miles, 1,000; three miles an hour, 1,600; four miles an hour, 2,300. If we run at six miles an hour, we use 3,000 cubic inches; trotting a horse, 1,750; cantering, 1,500.
THE VALUE OF LABOR.
Cast iron of the value of £1 sterling is worth, converted into ordinary machinery, £4; in larger ornamented work, £45; in buckles and similar kinds of fancy work, £600; in neck chains, £1,300. Bar iron of the value of £1 sterling is worth, in the form of knives, £36; needles, £70; penknife blades, £950; polished [Transcriber's Note: The original text reads 'bottons'] buttons and buckles, £890; balance springs of watches, £5,000.
INTEREST OF MONEY.
