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The generally accepted official report of the National loss is: in Grant's army, 1,437 killed, 5,679 wounded, and 2,934 missing, making a total of 10,050; in Buell's army, 263 killed, 1,816 wounded, and 88 missing making a total of 2,167. The two armies aggregated 1,700 killed, 7,495 wounded, and 3,022 captured making total, 12,217.
The diameters of the smaller planets are as follow: Mercury, 3,008 miles; Mars, 5,000 miles; Venus, 7,480 miles; the Earth, 7,926 miles. The diameters of the large planets are: Jupiter, 88,439 miles; Saturn, 75,036 miles; Neptune, 37,205 miles; Uranus, 30,875 miles. The volume of Jupiter is 1,389 times, of Saturn 848 times, of Neptune 103 times, and of Uranus 59 times the volume of the Earth.
When Lord Elibank was seventy years old, he wrote: 'I shall be glad to go five hundred miles to enjoy a day of his company. Boswell's Hebrides, Sept. 12. Romans, x. 2. I Peter, iii. 15. Horace Walpole wrote three years earlier: Whig principles are founded on sense; a Whig may be a fool, a Tory must be so. Letters, vii. 88. Mr.
"Am I addressing Mr. John Potts?" "You are, Sir. John Potts of Potts Hall." "Potts of Potts Hall!" repeated Brandon. Then, drawing a card from his pocket he handed it to Potts. He had procured some of these in London. The card read as follows: BEAMISH & HENDRICKS, FLOUR MERCHANTS & PROVISION DEALERS, 88 FRONT STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO. "I, Sir," said Brandon, "am Mr.
Having got his engine, he set about making the balloon which it was to drive; this he built with the aid of two other enthusiasts, diverging from Meusnier's ideas by making the ends pointed, and keeping the body narrowed from Meusnier's ellipse to a shape more resembling a rather fat cigar. The length was 144 feet, and the greatest diameter only 40 feet, while the capacity was 88,000 cubic feet.
The creature came back one night to explore the old place of captivity, ate some food and retired. For myself, I continue absolutely well: I do not walk much, but for more than amends, am in the open air all day long. No less striking is a short extract from a letter written in Venice to the same friend, Miss Keep. Ca' Alvise: Oct. 16, '88.
"A very gratifying result is presented in the fact that the deficiency of this Department during the last fiscal year was reduced to $4,081,790.18, as against $6,169,938.88 of the preceding year.
He had within the last seven weeks gone up drunk, at least twice, to a lady's drawing-room. Ante, pp. 88, note 1, and 109. Mr. Croker, though without any authority, prints unconscious. I Corinthians, ix. 27. See ante, 295. 'We walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians, v. 7 Dr.
Length between perpendiculars 760 feet. Breadth 88 feet. Depth, moulded 60.5 feet. Gross tonnage 32,000. Draught 33.5 feet. Displacement 38,000 tons. She has accommodation space for 563 first cabin, 500 second cabin, and 1,300 third class passengers.
Over eighty years old, he crawled thrice a week to deliver his lectures at San Demetrio; he still cultivated a small patch of ground with enfeebled arm, composing, for relaxation, poems and rhapsodies at the patriarchal age of 88!
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