A man breathes about twenty times a minute, or 1,200 times an hour.
A man breathes about eighteen pints of air in a minute, or upwards of seven hogsheads in a day.
A man gives off 4.08 per cent carbonic gas of the air he respires; respires 10,666 cubic feet of carbonic acid gas in twenty-four hours, equal to 125 cubic inches common air.
A man annually contributes to vegetation 124 pounds of carbon.
The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at 60 years, 60. The pulse of females is more frequent than that of males.
Height of Monuments, Towers and Structures.
The height, in feet, of the most lofty monuments and other structures in the world is given in the following table:
| Feet. | |
| Washington Monument, Washington, D. C. | 555 |
| Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt | 543 |
| Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium | 476 |
| Strasburg Cathedral, France | 474 |
| Tower of Utrecht, Holland | 464 |
| St. Stephen’s Steeple, Vienna | 460 |
| Pyramid of Cephenes, Egypt | 456 |
| St. Martin’s Church, Bavaria | 456 |
| St. Peter’s, Rome | 448 |
| Salisbury Spire, England | 410 |
| St. Paul’s, London, England | 404 |
Denominations and Sects.
English-speaking populations, according to creeds: