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Fugitive Facts (Volume 1); An Epitome of General Information, Obtained in Large Part From Sources Not Generally Accessible, and Covering More Than One ... of General Interest and Frequent Inquiry
Robert Thorne
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-01-19.
ISBN 9781154255041
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890. Excerpt: ... Fingal's Cave is a wonderful grotto on the southwest coast of tbe Island of Staffa, about seven miles off the west coast of Mull, Scotland. It is 212 feet deep, 33 feet wide at the entrance, and 22 feet wide at its inner end. At the opening it is 60 feet high, and the walls meet in a beautiful arch above basaltic pillars which Hank it on both sides. The floor of the cave is the sea, and at low tide the water is 20 feet deep. There are many stalactites of various beautiful tints between the pillars of dark-gray basalt. The cave can be readily entered by small boats excepting at extreme high tide. It probably takes its name from Fingal, the legendary hero of Gaelic poetry. Fire-Losses.--The losses oy fire in the United States during the past five years have averaged $110, 000, 000 annually (an amount equal to double the annual interest charged on the national debt). The principal reported causes of fires, and the numbers of fires from each cause, in 1887, were as follows: Incendiarism, 1, 927; defective flues, 1, 300; sparks (not locomotive), 713; matches, 030; explosions of lamps and lanterns, 430; stoves, 420; lightning, 360; spontaneous combustion, 320; forest and prairie fires, 280; lamp and lantern accidents, 238; locomotive sparks, 211; cigarstubs and tobacco-pipes, 203; friction, 179; gas-jets, 170; engines and boilers, 150; furnaces, 133; fire-crackers, 105. There were 4, 336 fires classified as "not. reported, " and 2.072 us " unknown." First College in the United States.--About six years after the first settlement, by the English, of Uoston and the surrounding country an entry was made on the Colony's records, under date of October 28, 163K, that "The Court agreed to give 400/. towards a schoale or colledge, whearof 2001. to bee paid the next yeare, and
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