Show II MEANING OF M MILLIONS MILLIONS LLIO S Ii English Mechanic and World orld of ot Science This Is tho the age of millions and mil ml- s. s A row few centuries ago No people thou thought In hundreds d of thou thousands thousand ancl but now one thinks In lit millions If It opo studies political economy conomy finance a astronomy the atomic theory the age of or tho the earth fth tho the I vibrations of ot heat hent waves a bacteriology or orcen even en the water vater supply of towns ono one must think In millions for each generation of ot mankind must be trained to think on u higher scale calc than tho the preceding generation genera genera- tb tion In order to make pro progress If Jr the national Expenditure taxes and rates continue to increase annually In tho the future futuro as they thy have o done In the past tho the pt of or future futuro generations will vill think In billions Illions or 01 In millions of ot millions In tho the United States of ot America and andin andin in France Franco people already speak of or billions billions bil bit lions but a billion in these countries means menns a thousand millions million One Ono million pct ns collected together in a crowd with eta 1 allowance of or three square fe feet t per person would cover nu nn area of ot acres acreS say say seventy acres acres- or 01 could bo be continued in a square having sides Elides yards ards long or if It one allows eighteen inches per pet person standing shoulder to shoulder one ono million people would extend a distance of ot 2811 miles or from London to Tho The population of the tho count county of ot London amounts to and allowing eighteen eighteen eight eight- een Inches per person standing shoulder r to shoulder Jt would form a human wall vail 1860 1560 miles long or tho the whole population could bo placed In an area of ot 07 OT square mile or 01 on a square having ha sides of or of ot a mile New York hns has a n. population of ot which would cover cr an area of of or a square mile which is equivalent to a square having sides of or a mile long IonS Paris contains persons who ho could be accommodated comfortably on of ot a square mile or 05 by of or a amile amile amile mile and tho ho people of Berlin number souls who would cover an no area arca of ot of ot a square mile and nd could be contained con conw tamed d in n a square quare having ha sides of ot a amile amile amile mile in length lenth The population of ot th the tho United Kingdom consists of about persons and If It Ifan ifan an nn area of ot three square feet teet bo ho allowed for each person to stand on this great crowd could be accommodated on an area trea of ot square miles mlle equal to a square of ot by l miles or if it standing shoulder shoulder shoulder der to shoulder would form forma a a human wall wull miles in Jn length which would e ex extend ox- ox tend halt half way round the tho earth at th lh equator Ono One million cubic yards ards of ot excavation atlon Is equivalent to n a cubo cube having ha sides yards long or it mn may bo be represented by a bank of or earth measuring one yard yarn square and fiGS miles In length Tho The excavation in the construction of ot the Manchester ship canal amounted to four fifty millions consisted of ot red sandstone sand- sand stone rock The total l of or four fifty millions mil mit- lions could bo ho depicted by a n wall of or material mate mate- nat rial one yard ard square and miles 8 In length th a as tho the circumference of tho the earth at the tho equator is Js about miles this wall of ot excavated atc material would be sum sum- elena clena to form a girdle around the world or it might bo he represented b by a tube of or sides yards long One million tons of ot rock allowing fourteen fourteen four four- our our- teen cubic feet to tho the ton can be illustrated ed by hy a n. cube cubo having ha sides about feet in len length th In tho United States the coal raised pOI per annum totals tons which aro are equal to a cube cubo having ha sides yards Ion long and in Germany the quantity raised is 1193 tons equivalent eUI to a cubo cuba with sides yards ards in n length One Ono million building bricks If It piled plied carefully together so as to form a cube could be le contained in one ono whose hose sides I were 33 8 feet or sa say tort forty feet long lon lonal al allowing alo al- al lowing o L sixteen bricks to the cubic foot laid without mortar o or a million bricks can be bc depicted depleted b by a wall six feet high nine nino inches thick and 26 6 miles Ion long 1 In connection with the stud study of as astronomy astronomy as- as it Jt Is Js difficult to meanIng meaning meaning mean mean- ing of ot millions of or miles but some idea Idea ma may be gathered from tho the time that would be bo taken by an express train or 01 the shot from a cannon to cover er celestial spaces paces Tho The distance of ot the tho earth from the sun Is Js about miles and light traveling tray trav cling eling at the rato of miles per second second sec sec- ond in traverses tra this distance in eight and quarter one minutes but a railway train going nt at a speed of or sixty miles per hour would tale take years cars to reach the tho sun The Th circumference of ot the ellipse formIng formIng form- form Ing InS the orbit of or tho the earth round tho the sun Is about miles In length and tho the earth covers ers this distance in days das traveling at the rate of at miles an hour or 01 1098 miles per por minute or nearly 1100 times as fast fallt as n a train going at one mile mil per minute Therefore atrain n n. train traveling tra at this speed would require nearly nearl 1100 years yearn to accomplish tho the journe Jour- Jour nov ne round the earths earth's orbit Tho The velocity of a rifle bullet Is about 2130 feet per pel second or 2 miles per pel minute min mm- ute mite and that of ot the th projectile wel weighing pounds from a quick firing nine-Inch nine gun un us lis about feet leet per second or 01 thirty four miles per minute so o that tho the velocity of or the earth Is times as fast as tho the latter A million gallons of ot water weighing cl ten pounds rounds per gallon Is equivalent to 4 tons and allowing thirty six cubic feet reet to the ton this will be bo equal to a n cube of ot water having ha sides feet In length or to a l resen 1267 feet teet square and ten feet teet deep The quantity of ot water used annually for fires fire in the tho count county of ot London amounts to gallons allons equivalent alent to 6 0 tons Of this amount third one-third is Js drawn direct from rivers canals and docks and tho remainder from fm-em tho the water ater mains th the total of is equal to a a. cube hay hav- ln Jn sides 11 feet s square Th The total amount of water used annually annually annu annu- ally alb In the tha county of ot London for tor all an purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses is gallons equal In bulk hulk to a a. cube having ha sides nearly nearl feet long lone or to a reservoir 62 yards ards and ten feet teet deep The Tha amount of liquor consumed annually annually annually annu annu- I ally In tho the United Kingdom Is as follows com Wine yino equal to gallons represented In volume by a cube ln ha having sides feet teel long loner Ion beer equal to gallons equivalent to a n cube with sides s fret feet in length and spirits equal to gallons which would form torm a cube cubo with sides sidE'S feet cot square Ono million millon blood bloo corpuscles which are each about 2300 1 inch in diameter if Ir laid In a row touching one ono another would cover a distance of ot twenty-six twenty feet anti and ba bacteria which are about 1 Inch in length and 2500 1 Inch In diameter diameter I eter If It lengthwise end to end would extend tb tt a n. distance of 1666 foot fet but If Ir laid side by side they would be bo feet teet Ion longA long long- g. g A gramme of or street mu mud which Is equivalent g to a n. small cube cubo of ot having I sides eldes one quarter Inch Im In IQ length which if it placed In a n. line Ina side eldo b by side aide would cover I Ia I a length of ot 2 2974 74 feet feet and a a. grammo gramma of ot earth from a 2 cultivated field will I contain i I about bacteria which if It 1 laid ld side Idl by side Hide would extend a l distance of ot feet In the tho Alpine mountains no bacteria were tra found round in cubic centimeters centimeter of air which Is equivalent in size to a I cubo cuba of ot seven fret feet sides but In the tho air of or the streets of ot Paris were crA found in the tho same sarA volume of or air while In tho the rain rainwater rainwater water in Paris bacteria were found In a a cube having sl sides seven feet in len length th This Is equivalent to about I seven fifty bacteria to ono one cubic Inch |