[book's dimensions are 1.5 x 2 cms.]
[book's dimensions are 1.5 x 2 cms.]
Mite
Grimsby
E.A. Robinson
1891
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Printed,
Bound,
and Published
by
E.A. Robinson,
Grimsby,
England
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PREFACE
This book is issued as a curiosity and is the smallest ever printed from type in the World. The type is Brilliant, 20 lines to the in., smallest produced in this country.
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CONTENTS
General . . . . 11
Events . . . . .19
Wise . . . . . . 27
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[ink drawing of three men]
Guttenberg
Faust
Scheoffer
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MITE
The art of printing was invented in Germany about 1455 or 1456 by John Guttenberg.
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Wm. Caxton introduced it into England in 1477, and published a book called "The Game of Cheese."
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GENERAL
1,500 tons of wire are used every year for making pins.
Eiffel Tower is 975 ft. high.
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The longest bridge in the World is over the Chinese Sea, 5 miles.
The longest Tunnel is in Hungary.
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A Church at Lullington to Sussex, is 16ft square.
The greatest Church is St. Peter's, Rome, 613ft long.
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The family name of the Queen is Este Guelph.
The coinage of a sovereign costs about a penny.
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150 different colours are now obtained from coal tar, and also a substance 300 times sweeter than sugar.
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[Pen sketch of a Japanese lady.]
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[Silhouette of a man with a pipe.]
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[Pen sketch of a sailing ship.]
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EVENTS
The Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1887.
Penny Post opened, 1840.
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Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone born Dec. 29, 1809.
First paper mill opened in England, 1588.
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Shakespeare born, 1583.
Gunpowder plot, 1605.
Great fire of London, 1666.
First gas in London, 1807.
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[Silhouette of a man with a cane and a cigar.]
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Fleet prison abolished in London, 1844.
The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.
Suez Canal opened, 1869.
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Landing of Julius Caesar, B.C. 66.
Gunpowder was used by the Chinese, A.D. 80.
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The Gospel first preached in England by Joseph of Arimathea, and disciples of Philip, A. D. 63.
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[Silhouette of an owl.]
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WISE
"The early bird catches the worm," said the father to his wild son. "What
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a fool the worm was to be up early," said the son.
"He was not up early, but going home," was the reply.
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[Pen sketch of a boy]
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[Silhouette of a monkey]
