J. H. BEEVES' POCKET COMPANION. IndexContinued. PAGE. Population of Principal Cities of the World, not including the United States........................... 21, 22 Quantity of Oil in Seeds............................... 35 Rule for Measuring Corn in Crib, Hay in Mow........... 28 Remedies for Burns and Scalds . __................... 36 Railroad Signals....................................... 37 Relative Strength of Ice...............................37 Results of saving small amounts of Money.............. 45 Rate of Annual Income on Investments................. 57 Salaries of Officers of the United States.... .......... 26 Shortest and Longest Days at various Capitals...;. ..... 45 Simple Interest Rules................................46 Savings Bank Compound Interest Table................. 49 I Six per cent. Interest Table................... ......... 51 Seven per cent. Interest Table........................... 52 Selections for Album........................___58, 59, 60 The Origin of Santa Claus.............................. 14 Term of Office and Salary of the Governor of Each State, 19 The Longest Rivers in the World....................... 25 Tables of Weights and Measures.......................27 The Seven Wonders of the World........................44 United States Land Measure and Homestead Law....... 43 United States Legal Holidays ........................... 56 Value of a Ton of Silver and a Ton of Gold.............. 18 Value of Small Quantities of Hay........................ 29 Value of British Money in America.....................32 Value of Single Articles, from 1 to 1 dozen.............. 54 Wedding Anniversary.................................... 30 Weights and Measures for the Kitchen................. 33 Weight of Lead and Gasket for Street Mains............ 38 Weight of one Foot of Bar Steel........................40 Weight of Lead Waste Pipe........................40 Weight of Lead Pipe and Tin-Lined Lead Pipe ......... 41 Weight of a lineal Foot of Flat Steel, in pounds......... 42 Weight of a Cubic Foot of Stone, Earth, Metal, etc....... 42 Weight of a lineal Foot of Flat Bar Iron, in pounds___ 48 Yearly Rainf all in the United States...................... 34 The most important information contained in this book is the "Electrobole History," page 61.
