Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 805
d. To find the middle diameter: to twice 0 P add the head diameter, and half the differencebetween bung and head diameters, and subtract from the sum the bung diameter, thus: To find thecontent of a cask, whose bung and head diameters and length are 36, 28, and 44 inches respectively;also the… … Notwithstanding the apparent simplicity of thir mode of finding the contents of casks, in practice itbecomes in some degree troublesome, and its accuracy depends much on the manner in which the dis-tance O P is taken. But if O P be obtained correctly, (at the same time observing that the cask lies…
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