Mathematics and Science.
27. The heart is over the ribs in the midst of the borax [thorax is meant]. 28. A square mile is a mile which haa a square all round it. 29. A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperance [temperature], 30. A thermometer is an instrument placed outside a stationer's shop to measure Stephen's inks. 31. Power is obtained by means of a hydrochloric press [hydraulic]. 32. Absolute zero is that temperature at which a gas would cease to exist if it remained a gas. 33. Euclid was a great Latin philosopher. His chief writing is entitled " Pons Asinorum."
34. To keep milk from turning sour you should leave it in the cow.
35. A circle is a line which turns round until it meets it-self.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 66
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