Part 23

1. Gold 19.2--{D}ollars {B}uy {S}u{n}dries.--Gold is made into money. The specific gravity of gold is 19.2; that is, nineteen and two-tenths. The initial consonants of the phrase "{D}ollars {B}uy {S}undries" express through "D" and "B" the figures 19. The "S" of "Sundries" expresses the decimal point, and the first subsequent consonant "n" expresses the decimal two-tenths.

2. Silver 10.4--{Th}e {S}ilver A{s}saye{r}.

3. Platinum 21.5--U{n}usually {D}uctile {S}o{l}id.--Platinum is the most ductile metal known.

4. Lead 11.3--{Th}e {T}in {S}{m}ith.--Lead is used to solder tin.

5. Mercury 13.5--{Th}e {M}ercury {S}o{l}d.

6. Copper 8.9--{V}iew a {Sp}ire.--Copper points the lightning rods.

7. Iron 7.7--Hoo{k} {S}{k}illet.--It means hang up an iron pot.

8. Zinc 6.9--A {Sh}eet {S}u{p}ply.--Zinc is rolled into sheets.

9. Antimony 6.7--{G}erman {S}ee{k}er.--Antimony was discovered by a German monk.

10. Calcium 1.0--Whi{t}e {C}eiling.--Calcium is used in white-washing.

RIVERS.

Mississippi (4,382 miles long).--{R}ushing {M}ississippi's wa{v}es E{n}croach. --The Mississippi River frequently overflows its banks.

Nile (3,370 mi.) --(3) {M}ighty (3) {M}editerranean's (7) {G}reatest (0) {S}tream.

Volga (2,400 mi.) --I{n} {R}ussia's {S}oil {S}uperior. --The Volga is the largest river in Russia, and, in fact, the largest in Europe.

Ohio (1,265 mi.) --{Th}e Ohio {N}ow {Sh}ips {L}ighters.

Loire (530 mi.) --{L}oire's {M}ajestic {S}weep.

Seine (470 mi.) --{R}olling {G}ay {S}eine.

Spree (220 mi.) --{N}otice {N}oble {S}pree.

Jordan (200 mi.) --A K{n}own {S}alty {S}olution. --The River Jordan is impregnated with considerable salt.

1. Why could we not substitute the phrase "{Th}e {M}ercury {S}hie{l}d" for "{Th}e {M}ercury {s}o{l}d," since "S" stands for "0," and "h" has no value? 2. Why not use the phrase "Whi{t}e {s}ea{l}ing" to express the Specific Gravity of Calcium? 3. Could the Atomic Weight of Silver (108) be expressed by the phrase "{Th}e {V}a{s}e?" 4. If not, why not? 5. Would the phrase "{Th}e {S}ilver {V}ase" be better? 6. In dealing with the length of the Mississippi, why do you not give the figure value of "W" and "E" in that part of the phrase which includes the words {W}aves {E}ncroach? 7. Would you indicate this value by a cipher, then? 8. If not, why?

MOUNTAINS.

Mt. Everest [29,002] {N}amed U{p}on a {S}urvey {S}trictly U{n}ique; or I{n}dia's {P}eak I{s} {C}ertainly U{n}equalled.--This is the highest mountain on the globe; or I{n}dia's {B}oundary {S}ummit I{s} U{n}approachable. Kinchinjunga is 28,156 ft. high. We shall know what Mountain is meant if we omit the first syllable "kin." Hence we can use the formula, "{N}ext E{v}erest {D}awns {L}ofty {Ch}injunga."

Popocatepetl (17,783 ft.)--{Th}e {G}reatest {C}rater o{f} {M}exico.

Mt. Brown (16,000 ft.)--{Th}is {Ch}arming We{s}tern {S}cenery {C}elebrated.

Mt. Blanc (15,781 ft.)--{Th}is A{l}pine {C}one {F}ascinates {T}ravellers.

Jungfrau (13,720 ft.)--{Th}is {M}ountain A{g}assiz {N}imbly A{s}cended. --Prof. Agassiz was one of the first who reached the summit of this mountain.

Ben Nevis (4,406 ft.) --He{r}e {R}eview a {S}nowy {G}iant.

Snowdon (3,570 ft.) --{M}ajestic Hi{l}ls {G}reet {S}nowdon.