Revelations xxi. (15)--“_And he that talked with me had a golden
rule to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall thereof_;
(16) “_And the city lieth four square, and the length is as large
as the breadth, and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand
furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal._”
12,000 furlongs = 7,920,000 feet, which cubed = 496793088000000000000
cubic feet; half of this we will reserve for the Throne and Court of
Heaven, and half the balance for streets, &c., leaving a remainder
of 124198272000000000000 cubic feet. Divide this by 4096 (the cubic
feet in a room 16 feet square) and there will be 3032184375 000000
rooms. Suppose that the world always did and always will contain
990,000,000 inhabitants, and that a generation lasts 33⅓ years,
making in all 2,970,000,000 every century, and that the world will
stand 100,000 years, totalling 2,970,000,000,000 inhabitants; then
suppose there were 100 worlds equal to this in number of inhabitants
and duration of years, making a total of 297,000,000,000,000 persons.
There would then be more than 100 rooms 16 feet square for each person.
19. A man had a certain number of £’s, which he divided among 4 men.
To the first he gave a part, to the second one-third of what was left
after the first’s share, to the third he gave five-eighths of what
was left, and to the fourth the balance, which equalled two-fifths of
the first man’s share. How much money did he have, and how much did
each receive, none receiving as much as £20?