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By CHARLES HUTTON, LL. D. F. R. S. &c. &c.

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE ROYAL MILITARY

ACADEMY.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. G. J..AND J. ROBINSON, AND R. BALDWIN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND G. AND T. WILKIE,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

MDCCLXXXVIII.

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Measures of surface

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the imperial square yard contains gemmperial square feet and the imperial square foot 14.44 imp. square inches The circular foot That is, a circle whose diameter is one foot cont ains 183.346 circular inches (that is circlesut diameter are each linch. The French squa foot contaries 163.563 cmp = square mehes & the square decimetre 15,506 imple, square inche L Measures of volume,

The imperial cubig (or solige yard) contains 27 imperial cubie fut and the imperial cubie foot contains 14 ng imperial cubic inches. The cylindrics foot contains (thats is a cylinder & foot long & I foot diameter) contains 1357.17 Cubic inches the spherical fook(the is a sphere I foot in diameter) contai 904 78 cubic inches; and a conical foot that wa cons I foot in height and 1 foot in diameter cons, at the base) contains 452, 39 cubie sicher. The cubic foot contains very nearly 2200 cylindrical inches, that is cylinderi 1 inch long and sinch in diameter its cont ammes very nearly 3300 Spherical encher that is, spheres sinch in diameter; bit conta ins very nearly 6600 conical nicher, that is cones 1 inch in height & linch in

diameter at the base

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277 274 or 2771/4 cubic inch simperial galle 2218.192 or 2218%. It cubic foot contains 6.232 Gallons An imperial gallon of Distilled Water weighs 10 pounds, avoirdupoise.

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