The annual production of iron in America is said to be six million four hundred and twenty-seven thousand, one hundred and forty-eight tons. These figures may be analytically expressed thus: “Huge iron we get rough” [6,427,148 tons].
The great wall of China is 1,250 miles long. This may be expressed thus: “They now a high Wall see” [1250].
A characteristic of Herbert Spencer is the accuracy of his definitions. His birth, in 1820, may be indicated by this significant phrase: “He Defines” [1820].
2. Sometimes only the initial consonants of the words or phrases or sentences are used.
Caius Julius Cæsar was born 100 B.C., and he died 44 B.C. His birth may be expressed by the phrase, (1) “The (0) Stripling (0) Cæsar;” and his death by a phrase which declares that his death was the remote result of his crossing the Rubicon, thus: (4) “Rubicon’s (4) Revenge.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born 106 B.C., and he died 43 B.C. His birth: (1) “Tullius (0) Cicero’s (6) Childhood.” His death: (4) “Remove (3) Marcus.” [In allusion to the order for his death.]
The height of Egypt’s greatest pyramid is 479 feet, or (4) “World’s (7) Greatest (9) Pyramid.”
The city of Melbourne was named after Lord Melbourne in 1837, or (3) “Melbourne (7) Christened.”
It will be convenient to consider all compound names of cities or places as if they were single words, using only the initial consonant of the first of the names, as (2) New-York, or (2) New-Amsterdam, or (2) United-States, etc.
New York City [at first known as New Amsterdam] was settled by the Dutch in 1626, or New York founded: (1) “Dutchmen (6) Chose (2) New-Amsterdam (6) Joyfully.”