Show BIG THINGS AO r 31 mammoth ammoth monuments Monn ments al 1 and Ar tindal the largest theater in the world is shenew the new opera house in paris it covers nearly attree acrea acres of ground ita iti cubic mass ia is feet it cost about francs tho the largest bu suspension bension bridge 0 the one between bew new york city and brooklyn the length of the main span ia is 1695 1505 feet 6 inches the entire length of the bridge ia is feet the lufti luf fleit eit active volcano is i smoking mountain thirty five milea miles southwest of Puebla mexico it ie is feet above the sea level and has haea a crater three kniles in circumference and ind 1000 feet t deep the I 1 longest span of wire in the world ia is used for a telegraph in india over the river Kiet Kist nab it ia is more than feet in and is n 1290 feet high the largest ship in the world is the great eastern she is feet long 83 feet broad 60 feet leet deep being tons burden gross and net register the she greatest grea tesi fortress from IL point of view yiew is the gibraltar I 1 it occupies a rocky roc ky peninsula jutting out into the sea about three milea long and ahree quarter quarters of a mile wide one central r rock oc rises to td the height of 1435 feet above the sea level ita its noi northern thern face is almost perpendicular while its east cast side is full of tremendous precipices oa on the south it terminated atea in what ia is called E europa arop a point aint the w west cat side is less steep taa than the east and b between its b base ase and the sea is the narrow almost level pan on which the town of gibraltar waa was built the fortress is ate to milt military hary assault the regular garrison in in time of peace bace num numbers bem about me seven v en th thousand 0 usand the biggest cavern ia is the mammoth cave in edmonson county kentucky it itis is near green river about six milea miles from cave city and twenty eight from bowling Boli Ig green the cave consists of a succession of irregular chambers some pome of which are tire large situated da deferent levels some of these illes e are traversed ra creed by navigable branches of the subterranean echo river blind fish are found in its waters the If logest tunnel in the world is that of the St Gothard on the line of the railroad between Lwe lucerne erne andA and milan lilan the summit of be the tunnel is feet below the surface at andermatt Ander watt and feet beneath the peak ot of the qt S gotha Gothard d group the tunnel ia is feel feet wide and is 18 feet 10 inches from the floor to the crown of the arched roof it ie is 9 1 miles lon lonz U I 1 I 1 miles longer than the mount cenis tunnel the biggest tree trees in the tue world are the mammoth trees of California one in a grove in tulare county according to measurements made by members of the state geological survey wae was shown to be feet in height feet in circumference at base and 76 feet at a point 12 feet nuovo ground some of the trees are feet high and 34 feet in diameter some of the largest that have been felled indicate aa an age of from 2 2000 to 2500 year years the largest it library ia is t the he bibbio cheque national in paria patis founded by louis XIV it contak qa 1400 volume pamphlets pamp bleta 17 nials and charts and coins and medals of engravings exceeds contained in some volume the thedor portrait number about 1000 00 the largest desert ie is that of sahara Sa harti ft a vast region of northern africa extending from t tal e atlan tic ve ocean oo 00 the vict to the e valley of the lle 0 on U the bast east the length from cast thweat ie is avont miles ita its average breadth abo about miles jt ita area about square arp dilce lies rain ain falls in torrente rep in the he saba ra at intervals of five ten and twenty years in summer the heat best during the day is ia exe ulve but the night nights are often cold in winter the temperature ja is freezing coif points it the greatest pyramid d is that of choops oneff the three pyramids forming the memphis groug group situated on a plateau 4 out I 1 feet above the level levet of the highest rite rise in abe nile ile its iti dimm alons havi been reduced by 14 the tho removal TO I 1 of the t outer portions tu tb furnish stone tone for the city of cairo wro ita its mas ooary consisted originally of cubic cubio fet and till still amount amounts to feet the present vertical t height is feet against feet originally the total weight of the stone ia is tons the largest bell ell ig iia the 06 whole world 4 the great ie at t bell 1 at moscow a fo foot I 1 odthe t a krew kremlin 11 1 la 1 in t ar frici 1 raf ren C a at th s bottem ie near ly 68 feet and its it bight more than 21 feet in its part it is 23 inches thick and ita its weight has bu been corr ut to bo gounde P atin a 19 it tt has been baug 1 1 1141 philadelphia adelphia bulletin |