A Treatise on Practical Gauging1822 |
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... casks , according to their several varieties , we have added those of finding their contents , by General Rules , without paying any regard to their varieties . Cask Gauging by the Callipers , Bung Rod , and Head Rod , as practised by ...
... casks , according to their several varieties , we have added those of finding their contents , by General Rules , without paying any regard to their varieties . Cask Gauging by the Callipers , Bung Rod , and Head Rod , as practised by ...
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... cask , to find the diagonal ............... .. .... 18 Given the diagonal and diameters of a cask , to find its length ... 19 ..... Cube Root applied to the Solution of Mathematical Problems ... 21 To find the side of a cubical vessel ...
... cask , to find the diagonal ............... .. .... 18 Given the diagonal and diameters of a cask , to find its length ... 19 ..... Cube Root applied to the Solution of Mathematical Problems ... 21 To find the side of a cubical vessel ...
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... cask , when it is full of liquor ..... ................ 372 To take the dimensions of a lying cask , when it is full of liquor 374 To gauge and fix a cask of the first variety .............. .................. ... 375 To gauge and fix a ...
... cask , when it is full of liquor ..... ................ 372 To take the dimensions of a lying cask , when it is full of liquor 374 To gauge and fix a cask of the first variety .............. .................. ... 375 To gauge and fix a ...
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... Casks by the Head Rod .... 419 To reduce a Cask to a cylinder , by finding a mean diameter .... 419 To find the content from the length and mean diameter ...... 420 To find the ullage , from the content , bung diameter , and wet inches ...
... Casks by the Head Rod .... 419 To reduce a Cask to a cylinder , by finding a mean diameter .... 419 To find the content from the length and mean diameter ...... 420 To find the ullage , from the content , bung diameter , and wet inches ...
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... cask , to find the diagonal or distance between the centre of the bung - hole and that point where the middle of the opposite staff and head of the cask intersect each other . RULE . To the square of half the sum of the diameters , add ...
... cask , to find the diagonal or distance between the centre of the bung - hole and that point where the middle of the opposite staff and head of the cask intersect each other . RULE . To the square of half the sum of the diameters , add ...
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40 inches ale gallons angle area and content area in square area in wine Area Seg barrels base bottom diameter breadth bung diameter cask centre chord circle cistern cone conjugate diameters contain content in ale content in cubic content in malt content in wine cooler copper cross diameters cube root cubic inches decimal diagonal Dimension Book dry inches ellipse EXAM EXAMPLES Excise figure find the area find the content foregoing frustum gauge and fix gauge and inch gauge-point given number guile-tun head hence liquor malt bushels mash-tun gallons mean diameter measure Method of Gauging middle diameter Multiply ordinates perpendicular depth pounds Prob PROBLEM quotient required the area required the content rhombus segment side Sliding Rule square divisor square inches square pyramid square root subtract take the dimensions top diameter trapezium triangle ullage ungula versed sine vulgar fraction wet inches whole content wine gallons
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Page 42 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 62 - ... are equal to two right angles. Let ABC be a triangle, and let one of its sides BC be produced to D ; the exterior angle ACD is equal to the two interior and opposite angles CAB, ABC ; and the three interior angles of the triangle, viz. ABC, BCA, CAB, are together equal to two right angles.
Page 182 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 41 - A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within it, called the centre.
Page 42 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center, Fig.
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Page 64 - ... proportionally : and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section, shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle.