 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1897 - 538 pages
...Ann. 837 l^V4. A gentleman has a garden 400 feet long and 300 feet wide which he would raise 9 inches higher by means of the earth to be dug out of a ditch that goes around it. To what depth must the ditch be dug, supposmg its breadth to be everywhere 6 feet... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1901 - 304 pages
...Savannah, Ga. A gentleman has a garden 400 feet long and 300 feet wide, which he wishes to raise 9 inches higher by means of the earth to be dug out of a ditch 6 feet wide and surrounding the entire garden. How deep must the ditch be? 143. Proposed by FP MATZ,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1864 - 700 pages
...inches, nearly.] 18. It is required to raise a bowling-green, which is 300 feet long, and 200 feet broad, one foot higher, by means of the earth to be dug out of a ditch that goes round it ; to what depth must the ditch be dug, supposing its breadth to be everywhere 8... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Measurement - 1859 - 482 pages
...gentleman has a bowling-green, 500 feet in length, and 300 feet in breadth, which he would raise 1 foot higher, by means of the earth to be dug out of a ditch with, which he intends to surround it ; what will be the depth of the ditch, if its breadth be every... | |
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Ans. the upper part 13'867. the middle part 3 '605. the lower part 2-528. QUEST. 48. A gentleman has a bowling green, 300 feet long, and 200 feet broad, which he would raise 1 foot higher, by means of the earth to be dug out of a ditch that goes round... 
