Jumping Beans and Curious Facts in a Ridged Record
A miscellany notes jumping beans as a superstition guiding Mexicans and interpreting gestures as responses. It mentions the Caribbean Sea, coal as a chemical resource, U.S. naval estimates for landing craft beachings, Joseph Swift as West Point’s first graduate, and the origin of paper in England in 1492.
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