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Excerpt from The New Century Book of Facts: A Handbook of Ready Reference, Embracing Language, History, Government, Law, Commerce, Economics, Useful, Arts, Science, Literature, Fine Arts, Education, Ethics Arithmetic, 593: Addition to Division, Fractions, Percentage, Interest, Discount, 595; To Calculate Cost of Plastering, Painting, Papering, etc, 595; To Measure Lumber, To Estimate Brickwork, Capacities of Bins, Cisterns, Boxes, etc. 596. Algebra, 597. Geometry, plane trigonometry, 598. Astronomy, 599: Stars, Earth, Moon, Solar System, Planetoids, Meteors, Mete orites, Sun, Eclipses, Seasons. Physiography, 602: Earth's Surface, Land, Continents, Islands, Water Surface, Oceans, Lakes, Largest Rivers, Average Annual Temperature in United States, Average Annual Rainfall in United States, Loftiest Volcanoes, Highest Mountains, Atmospheric Forces, Water Forces, Ground \vater, 604; Great Floods and Inundations, 605; Great Waterfalls, 605; Snow and Ice, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, 606. Dictionary chemical and physical terms, 608. Chemical elements, 613. Aeronautics and aviation, 622. Geology, 623: Origin of the Earth, Nebular Hypothesis, Planetesimal Hypothesis, Geologic Divisions, Archeozoic, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras. Biology: Evolution, 629. Botany, 630: Divisions of, Morphology, Physiology, lytology, Taxonomy, Ecology, Economic Botany, Paleobotany, Genetics, Plant Kingdom, Table of Principal Plant Groups. Cultivated plants, 633: Origin, History, Method of Diffusion, Order of Introduction, Botanical Rank, Number, Distribution, Changes under Cultivation. Table OF cultivated plants, 636, giving Name, Family, Character, Origin, Years of Known Cultivation, History and Economic Importance of the Most Useful Cultivated Plants. Introduced plants, 656. Zoology, 658: Animal Kingdom, Table of Principal Groups of Animals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
