Chapter 78
Section 78 of 1000 Things Worth Knowing. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Larry Wilson. 1000 Things Worth Knowing by Nathaniel C. Fowler Jr. Women Voters. Many of the towns, cities, and states give full franchise to women, while others allow them to vote for only a few officials. Women's suffrage, or the right to vote, is spreading rapidly and it is probably only a question of time before she will have full franchise throughout the entire country. There is nothing in the Constitution of the United States to prevent a woman from holding the office of President or Vice President if she was born in this country and she can hold such offices even though she may not be permitted by state law to vote for them. Wool Industry. The United States produces about $320,000 worth of wool in a year and weaves about 55,500,000 square yards worth about $40,500,000. World's Largest Steamships. The Imperator, just placed in commission, is the world's largest vessel. She is 919 feet long, 98 feet beam, and 62 feet deep. The boat deck is 100 feet and the trunks of the mast 246 feet above the keel.
The funnels are 69 feet long with oval openings, 29 by 18 feet. The rudder alone weighs 90 tons. She is registered at 50,000 tons with a displacement of 70,000 tons. Displacement represents the weight of the water which is occupied by that part of the hull underwater. The ship is a modern floating hotel containing a grill room, a tea garden, a veranda cafe, several ladies sitting rooms, a palm garden, a ballroom, a gymnasium, a swimming tank, and other accessories. In the first cabin there are 220 regular bathrooms and showers, including 150 private bathrooms. The staterooms do not contain berths, metal bedsteads being used throughout. The entrance hall is 90 feet wide and 69 feet long. In addition, the vessel carries a drugstore, a bookstore, and a flower shop, and several passenger elevators are maintained. To illuminate the ship there are 9,500 electric lamps. The Roman bath is 65 feet long and 41 feet wide. The swimming bath is 39 feet long, 21 feet wide, and 9 feet deep.
The quadruple turbine engines have 72,000 horsepower and develop an average speed of 22.5 knots an hour. One of the immense rotors contains 50,000 blades and weighs 135 tons. The ship carries a crew of 1,100 persons, a complete fire department, and wireless telegraphy. If the Impura tour was set on end, she would be higher than the largest building in the world, which is 750 feet high. The ship has a passenger capacity equal to the population of a large town. Yankee. This word is said to be a corruption of English Anglais, pronounced by the Massachusetts Indians, who gave this name to the New England colonists, Yankees, Yankees, or Yankees. It was applied to the New Englanders by the British soldiers during the Revolutionary War and to the Federal soldiers by the Confederates during the Civil War.
Yankee Doodle. The origin of Yankee Doodle, perhaps the most famous American national heir, is unknown. It is supposed to have been an English tune. At any rate, it was introduced into America by the British troops in 1775. End of Section 78. End of One Thousand Things Worth Knowing by Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. Thank you for watching.
