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Show "Nautical Novelties" An Inch cf rainlall nic-im apiiro:-imatel apiiro:-imatel 72.320 tons of water to Ihe .square mile. The wettest sp'.t 1.11-der 1.11-der cur Ila'? is near Hon lulu i-.lieit t'ii.?e teet and ten In hes cf ran ell 11, a forr c -y period. Hc-iv.J lain and electrical stems are encountered en-countered at rea but thunder is .-.el-dem beard. The Unreal' Fi-herles h'-s t. tcvnlned that n fhip at sea fion ix to ei-.'ht montlis accumulates icwili cl ban.T'es and gra s r its bott..Ti f from t.v to three In-'.us and weighing frcm 50 to lOt ton.'-. This grcwlh accumulate! luster in the tropics thrn in -xildei Winers and more rapidly when ship is at anclv.r than when sh? I: shaming. The growth does no fictun ulute In frej-.h water. In the South Seas, there is ; vol, alio wh'ch is used by pa'isin. f'-ips fo navigi'l ii"' purposes This volean. which is knewn a .-T ll.ih, .co Vnl... ' -O" IS IC lin- biKiu.i- pc-.lcd tc 5.h-.w ! T .'.:e by day and cd (lames at nl'iht at rcmhr !r.-lei !r.-lei vais of 3 mil -ules cut of 10. P.l Is I cated cn the F-land of T.tua of 'Conna Group which are alxut 451 miles M.i.theast cf the Fiji Islands The imr.7le velo"ity cf the bullet of the American military rifle Is 2.700 feet a secon''.. If it cculd keep up that rate cf speed it could travel 1.R40 miles in an hour. A certain m- dern rporting rifle fires a bullet with a muc.le velocity cfi 3 000 feet a second which would be, at, the rate of 2.C60 miles an hour.' The m,i:'7le velocity of the shells cf ll -. German long-rar-e ?uns ihat bombarded Faris was 5.2G0 feet A te-c rd. a rate of 3 58G miles an hour. The pay cf an enlisted man ir, the United State; Navy is automatically auto-matically increased by 70 percent af.er hir first four rr.- nths cf service. ser-vice. Me-thai. I vessels, v. hen pas.ri" a mi-.n-c-war. 5alu'e the hitter b clii i'ing the nafor.ai en ign-. lb' mat -0-V..-1V returns li e salute "dip frr dip." Du-ing the past, 136 years, the l'i jted States N'2vy has conducted scientific expeditions to every quarter quar-ter cf th? rlc':e. dis:3'. crin new land and new civiUntniii treating will: strance pecp'e- and attair.ing I'lilu'ilo uiil'.i.'.wu 1, ;ioi 1 by lb.;), cl n-.led and an 1 all.. As a rehiilt .f i.eli !-,.ive 1 1 -1 1 ii 1 1 i 1 j :;, li:i; icvi-,1 iiH t.h' d'. aii't )a,:ilil.le-i at l.'ieiinl Ti alnliii.; ,'iohool-, etc., Ihe L'o'.liil liliilr.s Navy li;l:i.v pioi.ably ha lh:- hli.he-.t (pmlll.y of - 1 1 Ir.K-'l pei.'.oimi I lu lis history. POI.AIU.'i, tin- 1'i.le. Hlar, Is Oncol Onc-ol lh nir -l Impel lai.t al.ai :i t r i.avli-'.atloi.al piii')' :i-.-i f .ships 111 It. j LI111 1 1 laliliidi,, beeausi- thin ',-,lai la .it's alin'.hl true north air) f.oai II-, iillltudi! the- .ships latitude may be n mpuled at any lii.'.lanl. j The ul), ve "Nautical Novelties" were liirni.'.hed by the Navy Ice-ruhiiii', Ice-ruhiiii', Station, Salt Lake City, Utah. |