MINER'S INCH MEASUREMENTS. (From National Tube Company's Book of Standards.) The standard miner's inch of water shall be equivalent to one and one-half cubic feet of water per minute measured through any aperture or orifice. (Stats. 1901, p. 660.) The following table gives the discharge in cubic feet per minute of a miner's inch of water as measured under the various heads and different lengths and heights of apertures used in California. WATER MEASUREMENT CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS. (From Book of Standards of National Tube Company, Pittsburg, Pa.) 1 second-foot equals 40 California miner's inches (Law of March 23, 1901). 1 second-foot equals 7.48 United States gallons per second; equals 448.8 gallons per minute; equals 646,317 gallons per day. 1 second-foot equals 6.23 British imperial gallons per second. 1 second-foot for one year covers one square mile 1.131 feet deep; 13.57 inches deep. 1 second-foot for one year equals 31,536,000 cubic feet. 1 second-foot equals about one acre-inch per hour. 1 second-foot falling 10 feet equals 1.136 horse-power. 100 California miner's inches equal 18.7 United States gallons per second. 100 California miner's inches for one day equal 4.96 acre-feet. 100 United States gallons per minute equal 0.223 second-foot. 100 United States gallons per minute for one day equal 0.442 acre-foot. 1,000,000 cubic feet equal 22.96 acre-feet. 1 acre-foot equals 325.851 gallons. 1 inch deep on 1 square mile equals 2,323,200 cubic feet. 1 inch deep on 1 square mile equals .0737 second-foot per year. .. In Mortuary Tables for estimating the probable duration of life of a party at a given age are admissible to prove facts of general notoriety and interest in connection with such subjects as may be involved in the trial of the cause. general, it seems that life tables may be shown by any standard work containing them. . . . . As courts take judicial notice of standard tables, no preliminary proof is necessary, Keast v. Santa Ysabel Gold Mining Co., 136 Cal. 259. DAMAGE TABLE: [The following table contains all the judgments for death or personal injuries affirmed by the Supreme Court or District Courts of Appeal in the last twenty years when the report discloses the character of the injuries and the amount of the judgment.] Death-Barboza v. Pacific Portland Cement Co., 162 Cal. 36, 120 Pac. 767.. 2,500 Permanent injury to arm and ear-Walker v. Southern Pacific Co., 162 Cal. 4,000 121, 121 Pac. 369.. Injuries from fall-Majors v. Connors, 162 Cal. 131, 121 Pac. 371...... Death-Diller v. Northern Cal. Power Co., 162 Cal. 531, Ann. Cas. 1913D, 908 and note, 123 Pac. 359.. 1,250 Loss of both arms and one leg-Zibbell v. Southern Pacific Co., 160 Cal. 237, 116 Pac. 513..... 30,000 .70,000 ... 30,000 Death-Peters v. Southern Pacific Co., 160 Cal. 48, 116 Pac. 400. ... 8,555 14,000 3,500 500 Injuries to kidney and shock to nervous system, permanently affecting health-Kimic v. San Jose-Los Gatos etc. Ry., 156 Cal. 273, 379, 104 Pac. 312, 986 6,400 Lead poisoning causing partial paralysis-Pigeon v. Fuller, 156 Cal 691, 105 Pac. 976..... Death-Hale v. San Bernardino etc. Co., 156 Cal. 713, 106 Pac. 83. 5,000 12,000 2,250 Injury to hand-Quinn v. Electric Laundry Co., 155 Cal. 500, 17 Ann. Cas. Loss of eye-Boin v. Spreckels Sugar Co., 155 Cal. 612, 102 Pac. 937.. Death-Salmon v. Rathjens, 152 Cal. 291, 92 Pac. 733.. Loss of three fingers-O'Neill v. Thomas Day Co., 152 Cal. 357, 92 Pac. 856.. Am. St. Rep. 68, 93 Pac. 106.. 2,500 5,000 8,000 30,000 4,500 3,000 7,500 Loss of right leg-Jensen v. Will & Finck, 150 Cal. 398, 89 Pac. 113.... Fracture of thigh-Kline v. Santa Barbara Ry. Co., 150 Cal. 741, 90 Pac. 125 7,500 8,000 Death-Forsythe v. Los Angeles Ry. Co., 149 Cal. 569, 87 Pac. 24.. Death-Bilton v. Southern Pacific Co., 148 Cal. 443, 83 Pac. 440. 4,000 750 3,000 7,500 Permanent disabling of wrist-Davis v. Diamond Carriage etc. Co., 146 Cal. 59, 79 Pac. 596...... 500 Permanent injury to jaw-Mernin v. Cory, 145 Cal. 573, 79 Pac. 174.. 2,000 10,000 6,000 18,000 Death-Harrington v. Los Angeles Ry. Co., 140 Cal. 514, 98 Am. St. Rep. 85, 63 L. R. A. 238, 74 Pac. 15.. 10,000 Loss of leg-Wall v. Marshutz & Cantrell, 138 Cal. 522, 71 Pac. 692. 5,000 2,250 Permanent injuries to head-Dolan v. Sierra Ry. Co., 135 Cal. 435, 67 Pac. 686....... 7,000 Thigh crushed-O'Connor v. Golden Gate etc. Co., 135 Cal. 537, 87 Am. St. 300 Injuries from electric shock and fall-Tedford v. Los Angeles Electric 15,000 300 5,000 1,000 Broken ribs and permanent internal injuries-Meyer v. Haas, 126 Cal. 560, 58 Pac. 1042... 1,500 Permanent shortening of leg-Roche v. Redington, 125 Cal. 174, 57 Pac. 890... 4,000 Injury from overturned wagon (no particulars)-Tompkins v. Montgomery, 123 Cal. 219, 55 Pac. 997..... 13,500 Hearing destroyed, eye impaired, shock to nervous system-Clare v. Sacra- 2,000 5,000 118 Cal. 315, 62 Am. St. Rep. 238, 50 Pac. 373..... Scalding-Russell v. Pacific Can Co., 116 Cal. 527, 48 Pac. 616... 5,500 2,500 Loss of hand-Verdelli v. Grays Harbor Co., 115 Cal. 517, 47 Pac. 364, 778..... 5,000 Broken thigh bone-Daly v. Hinz, 113 Cal. 366, 45 Pac. 693.. 1,000 1,000 36 Pac. 803...... 3,816 Injuries by fall from scaffold (no particulars)—McNamara v. Macdonough, 102 Cal. 575, 36 Pac. 941. 4,500 Injuries to head and skull-Healy v. Visalia R. R. Co., 101 Cal. 585, 36 Pac. 125 7,200 Broken wrist-Carraher v. San Francisco Bridge Co., 100 Cal. 177, 34 Pac. 828... . . . 1,000 Broken leg and other serious injuries (no particulars)-Smith v. Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co., 99 Cal. 462, 34 Pac. 84.. 3,000 Death-Daves v. Southern Pacific Co., 98 Cal. 19, 35 Am. St. Rep. 133, 32 Pac. 708.. 9,000 |