Note * — Chapter VII · THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA.
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It is scarcely possible to realise what a million means. The best illustration which I have met with is that given by Mr. Croll, who says,—Take a narrow strip of paper 83 ft. 4 in. in length, and stretch it along the wall of a large hall; then mark off at one end the tenth of an inch. This tenth will represent a hundred, and the entire strip a million. [page 170]