6147. Calendar for Ascertaining on what Day of the Week any Given Day will Fall within the Present Century

6147. Calendar for Ascertaining on what Day of the Week any Given Day will Fall within the Present Century.

To ascertain any day of the week in any year of the present century, first look in the table of years for the year required, and under the months are figures which refer to the corresponding figures at the head of the columns of days below.

For Example: To find what day of the week January 1 will be in the year 1873, look in the table of years for 1873, and in a parallel line under January is figure 3, which directs to column 3, in which it will be seen that January 1 will fall on Wednesday.

6148. Proportions of a Beautiful Body

6148. Proportions of a Beautiful Body. The height should be exactly equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of either hand when the arms are fully extended. Ten times the length of the hand, or seven and a half times the length of the foot, or five times the diameter of the chest from one armpit to the other, should also each give the height of the whole body. The distance from the junction of the thighs to the ground should be the same as from that point to the crown of the head. The knee should be precisely midway between the same point and the bottom of the heel. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger should be the same as from the elbow to the middle line of the breast. From the top of the head to the level of the chin should be the same as from the level of the chin to that of the armpits, and from the heel to the toe.

6149. Loss Sustained by Different Substances in Drying

6149. Loss Sustained by Different Substances in Drying.