When, in the House of Commons, if the Ayes had been increased by 50 from the Noes, the motion would have been carried by 5 to 3; and if the Noes had taken 60 votes from the Ayes it would have been lost by 4 to 3, the motion succeeded; 300 voted “Aye,” and 260 “No.”
145.
There are 143 positions on the face of a watch in which the places of the hour and minute-hands can be interchanged, and still indicate a possible time. There would be 144 such positions but for the fact that at twelve o’clock the hands occupy the same place.
146.
If in a cricket match the scores in each successive innings are a quarter less than in the preceding innings, and the side which goes in first wins by 50 runs, the complete scores of the winners are 128 and 72, and of the losers 96 and 54.
147.
When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, and caught five seconds later, it has risen 100 feet. It takes the same time to rise as to fall, and when a body falls from rest, it travels a number of feet represented by sixteen times the square of the time in seconds.