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travels through this space in seven or eight
minutes.

Strange as it may appear, a ball of a ton weight, and another of the
same material of an ounce weight, falling from any height will reach the
ground at the same time.

The heat does not increase as we rise above the earth nearer to the sun,
but decreases rapidly until, beyond the regions of the atmosphere, in
void, it is estimated that the cold is about seventy degrees below zero.
The line of perpetual frost at the equator is 15,000 feet altitude;
13,000 feet between the tropics; and 9,000 to 4,000 between the
latitudes of forty degrees and forty-nine degrees.

At a depth of forty-five feet under ground, the temperature of the earth
is uniform throughout the year.

The human ear is so extremely sensitive that it can hear a sound that
lasts only the twenty-four thousandth part of a second.

Sound travels at the rate of one thousand one hundred and forty-two feet
per second-about thirteen miles in a minute. So that if we hear a clap
of thunder half a minute after the flash, we may calculate that the
discharge of electricity is six and a half miles off.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Accent and Pronunciation
Accidents and Emergencies
Aeronautics, Dictionary of
Age, To Tell, of Any Person
Age, When One Becomes of
Alphabet of Advice to Writers
Amendments to the Constitution
Analogies in Nature, Queer
Appalling Depths of Space, The
Apparel for Men, Proper
Art of Not Forgetting, The
Asthma, Relief for

Baby's Mind, Development of the
Balls and Evening Receptions
Bank, Doing Business with a
Bathing, Hints on
Beauty and Health
Bees (Memory Rhyme)
Bell Time on Shipboard
"Best Man." Duties of the
Birthdays (Memory Rhyme)
Birth Stones
Blonds and Brunettes, Colors for
Brain, The Wonderful Human
Bread, Salt-Rising
Bride's Trousseau
Bright's Disease, Tomato in
Burial Alive, To Guard Against
Business Law in Brief
Bust, To Develop the

Canary Birds, Care of
Capital Letters. The Use of
Chamois Skins
Change, How to Make
Character as Seen in Faces
Check, How to Draw a
Check-Raising Made Easy
Cities, Nicknames of
Cities, Principal American
College Colors
Color Contrast and Harmony
Colors, How to Select
Colors for Blonds and Brunettes
Complexions, Men and
Constitutional Law, Principal Points of
Constitution of the United States, The
Copyright, The Law of
Cost and Price Marks
Coughs, What Cures
Counterfeit Money, How to Detect
Courtship and Marriage, Etiquette of
Criminal Law, Points of
Cuckoo, The (Memory Rhyme)
Cure for Love, A

Days of the Week
Death Sentence of the Savior
Debutantes, Etiquette for
Declaration of Independence, The
Declaration of Independence, Signers of the
Dentifrices, Useful and Injurious
Dictionary of Aeronautics
Dictionary of Dreams
Discount, Trade
Distances by Water from New York
Distances that Stun the Mind
Divorce and Marriage
Dog, Senator Vest's Eulogy on the
Doing Business with a Bank
Don't Be Buried Alive
Dower, The Right of
Dreams and Their Meaning
Dress and Etiquette, Formalities in

Engagement and Wedding Rings
English Grammar in a Nutshell
Etiquette of Courtship and Marriage
Etiquette of the Visiting-Card
Evolution Theory, The
Exercise, Physical
Eyes, Care of the
Eyes, Character Indicated by the
Fables, Modern
Facts about Sponges
Facts about the Liberty Bell
Facts of General Interest
Facts, Handy, to Settle Arguments
Fat People and Lean, Rules for
Female Figure, The Perfect
Feminine Height and Weight
Finding, The Law of
Fingers and Hands, Various Forms of
Flag, The Language of the
Flowers, The Language of
Formalities in Dress and Etiquette
Friendly Advice on Many Subjects

Geographical Nicknames
Girdle of Venus
Glue, Test for
God, The Name of, in Fifty Languages
"Good Bye, God Bless You"
Grammar, English, in a nutshell
Grammar, Short (Memory Rhyme)
Grammar, Spelling and Pronunciation

Hair, Curious Facts About
Hair and Scalp, Care of the
Hand Grenades
Hands and Fingers, Various Forms of
Hands, Care of the
Handy Metric Table
Happiness Defined
Health Line
Health and Beauty
Height and Weight
Height of Noted Structure
Holidays, Legal, in Various States
Horse's Prayer, The
Horses, To Tell the Age of
Housekeepers Should Remember, What
Hypnotism, The Mysteries

The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing / A Manual of Ready Reference