On the Number 64

1) The 32th even number = 64
2) The 8th square number = 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64 [8x8 =64]
3) The 4th cube number = 1, 8, 27, 64 [4x4x4 = 64]
4) The 6th power of 2 = 26 = 2x2x2x2x2x2 = 64
5) Product of the 2nd and 4th square numbers = 4 x 16 = 64
6) Product of the 1st and 16th even numbers = 2 x 32 = 64
7) Sum of the 1st 8 odd numbers = 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 = 64
8) Difference of the 10th and 6th square numbers = 100 - 36 = 64
9) Difference of the 1st pair of amicable numbers = 284 - 220 = 64
10) Difference of the 10th pair of amicable numbers = 66992 - 66928 = 64
11) The 22nd & 23rd digits of pi = 64
12) The 299th & 300th digits of phi = 64
13) Atomic Number of Gadolinium (Gd) = 64 (64 protons & 64 electrons)
14) Atomic Weight of Copper (Cu) = 64 (63.546)
15) The 64th day of a non-leap year = March 5
( Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer, was born on this day 3-5-1512 & died on 12-2-1594)
( Howard Pyle, American illustrator & writer, was born on this day 3-5-1853 & died on 11/9/1911)
16) Number of codons in the DNA-RNA triplet genetic code = 64
17) Number of I Ching hexagrams = 64
18) The 64th hexagram of the I Ching: Wei Chi / Before Completion
THE IMAGE
Fire over water:
The image of the condition before transition.
Thus the superior man is careful
In the differentiation of things,
So that each finds its place.
19) Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Verse 64:
A tree as wide as a man's embrace grew from a tiny seed.
A tower nine stories high rose from a small heap of earth.
A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.
20) Hymn 64 in Book 6 of the Rig Veda is an invocation to Dawn:
The radiant Dawns have risen up for glory,
in their white splendour like the waves of waters...
So lofty Goddess with thine ample pathway,
Daughter of Heaven, bring wealth to give us comfort.
21) The Lord Shiva has 64 forms or manifestations
22) 64th word of the King James Version of the Bible's Old Testament Genesis = light

1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2: And the earth was without form, and void;
    and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
    And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4: And God saw the light, that it was good:
    and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis I.1-4 (1611)

23) King David prays for deliverance from his enemies in the 64th Psalm

  1: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice,
      O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
10: The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him;
      and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Psalms 64.1, 64.10 (1611)

24) Dante follows Beatrice's eyes to heaven in Paradiso Canto I, Line 64:
Beatrice tutta ne l'etterne rote
fissa con li occhi stava; e io in lei
le luci fissi, di là sù rimote
Beatrice stared at the eternal spheres
entranced, unmoving; and I looked away
from the sun's height to fix my eyes on her.
Paradiso I.64-66 (John Ciardi translation, 1970)
25) Number of teams participating in the NCAA Basketball Tournament = 64
26) Number of 1x1 squares on a chess board = 64 (Total of squares = 204)
27) Knight's Tour of a chessboard is a sequence of moves by a knight so that each of the 64 squares is visited only once. The numbers of the knight's moves form a magic square where each row and column adds up to 260. (History of Knight's Tour)
28) When I'm 64 is a song by John Lennon & Paul McCartney from
The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album (1967).
29) Numerology: words whose letters add up to 64

SPIRIT BREATH:
(1 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 2) + (2 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 8)
= 37 + 27 = 64

I AM INFINITE:
9 + (1 + 4) + (9 + 5 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 9 + 2 + 5)
= 9 + 5 + 50 = 64

SINCERITY SAGE:
(1 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 2 + 7) + (1 + 1 + 7 + 5)
= 50 + 14 = 64

NUMBER POETRY:
(5 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 9) + (7 + 6 + 5 + 2 + 9 + 7)
= 28 + 36 = 64


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