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Random Facts about Measures
The ancient Greek phalanx comprised 8,000 men, forming a
square battalion, with spears crossing each other, and
shields united.
The Roman legion was composed of 6,000 men, comprising 10
cohorts of600 men each, with 300 horsemen.
Cannon balls go furthest at an elevation of 30 degrees, and
less as the balls are less; the range is furthest when fired
from west to east in the direction of the earth's motion,
which for the diurnal rotation on its axis, is at the rate of
1,037 miles per hour, and in its orbit,66,092 miles. |
