Enquire within upon everything · Chapter 52Part 3 (18)
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2764. Early Milk
"Morning's Milk," says an eminent German philosopher, "commonly yields some hundredths more cream than the evening's at the same temperature. That milked at noon furnishes the least; it would therefore be of advantage, in making butter, &c., to employ the morning's milk, and keep the evening's for domestic use."
Of All Smells, Bread; of All Tastes, Salt.
2765. Lawn Tennis
This fashionable and delightful game, suitable for both ladies and gentlemen, is generally played on a lawn or grass-plat by two, three, or four players, with balls and racquet bats. The object of the game is to strike a ball over a net and keep it in play backwards and forwards within certain limits. The court or ground may be of any size consistent with the lawn, the base lines being marked out by chalk, or tapes slightly pinned to the turf, which should be frequently mown and rolled. The mode of play may be seen from the following leading rules, which are now generally accepted by all players.
2766. Rules of Lawn Tennis
The Court, for a single-handed game, should be 78 ft. long and 27 ft. wide, and for a double-handed game the same length, but 36 ft. wide, divided across the centre by a net attached to two upright posts. The net should be 3 ft. 6 in. high at the posts, and 3 ft. at the centre. At each end of the court, parallel with the net, are the base lines, whose extremities are connected by the side lines. The half-court line is halfway between the side lines and parallel with them. The service lines are 21 ft. from the net and parallel with it.
The balls should be 2-1/2 in. in diameter and 2 oz. in weight.
The players stand on opposite sides of the net. The player who first delivers the ball is called the server, the other the striker-out.
At the end of each game the striker-out becomes server, and the server striker-out.
The server stands with one foot beyond the base line, and delivers the service from the right and left courts alternately.
The balls served must, without touching the net, drop within the court nearest to the net, diagonally opposite to that from which the striker serves it.
If the service be delivered from the wrong court it is a fault. It is also a fault if the server does not stand in the manner as stated above, or if the ball served drop in the net or beyond the service line, or if it drop out of court, or go in the wrong court.
A fault must not be taken, that is, played back to the server.
The striker-out may not volley the service. Volleying is striking the ball back before it has touched the ground.
The ball, having been returned, must be kept in play either by volleying it, or striking it back after the first bounce. A ball bouncing twice is out of play.
If, in serving, the ball touch the net and go over into the proper court, it counts to neither server nor striker-out.
The server scores if the striker-out volley the service, or fail to return the service in such a way that the ball would fall within the opponents' court.
Two consecutive faults count a stroke against the server.
If the ball when in play touch either player it scores a stroke for his opponent.
The first stroke won by either player scores 15 to that player; the second, won by the same player, raises his score to 30, his third stroke to 40, and his fourth counts game. If, however, the players have both scored 40, it is called deuce, and the next stroke won by either is called advantage to the winner of it, and if he also win the following stroke he scorea game. Should he lose it the score returns to deuce. The player winning two consecutive strokes directly following a deuce scores game.
Whichever player first scores six games is considered to win the set.
2767. Three—Handed and Four-Handed Lawn Tennis
The laws as given above apply equally to these games. The difference in the width of the court has been stated.
In Four-handed Tennis the players deliver the service in turns: thus supposing A and B are partners opposed to C and D; A serves in the first game, C in the second, B serves in the third, and D in the fourth, and so on.
In Three-handed Tennis the single player serves in each alternate game.
No player may return a service that has been delivered to his partner.
2768. Badminton
Badminton is a game similar to Lawn Tennis, but it is played with shuttlecocks instead of balls, and over a higher net.
That Thou mayest Injure No Man, Dove-like be.
2769. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes
Inland Bill of Exchange
, Draft, or Order for the payment to the bearer, or to order, at any time, otherwise than on demand, of any sum of money,
And for every additional £100 or fractional part of £100, 1
s.
2770. Percentages or Discounts
Showing the Reduction per £ on Discounts allowed for Cash Purchases, at Rates ranging from 1 to 50 per cent.
2771. A Table of the Number of Days, from any Day of any one Month to the same Day of any other Month.
What is the number of days from 10th of October to 10th July? Look in the upper line for October, let your eye descend down that column till you come opposite to July, and you will find 273 days, the exact number of days required.
Again, what is the number of days from 16th of February to 14th August?
N.B.—In Leap Year, if the last day February comes between, add one day for the day over to the number in the Table.
...and Serpent-like, that None may Injure Thee.
2772. For Mistresses and Servants: Table of Expenses, Income and Wages
Showing at one view what any sum, from £1 to £1,000 per Annum, is per Day, Week, or Month.
2773. Interest Table for Savings, Investments, &c.
Showing what any sum, from £1 to £500, will produce for a given number of days, which may be, by simple addition, calculated at £5 per cent.
for Months or Years, for sums up to £5,000 or any other amount.
The Groat is Ill Saved Which Shames its Master.
2774. Interest Table for One Year
By this Table unlimited calculations may made. Thus, to find interest on £1,250 per annum, add sums given for £1,000, £200, and £50. 2 per cent, is found by taking half of 4 p.c; 8 p.c., by doubling 4 p.c.; 7-1/2 p.c., by adding 5 to 2-1/2 p.c., and so on.
2775. Ready-Reckoning or Marketing Table