Scribner's engineers' and mechanics' companion : comprising United States' weights and measures : mensuration of superficies and solids ... the mechanical powers ... steam and the steam engine (1848)
Scribner, J. M · New York : Huntington and Savage · leaf 65
or liquid, by reducing its capacity toc^bic inches, and dividing by the number of cubic inches contained in such measure.Ti.e divisor for any measure may be found in the Table of Weights and Measures,page 13. 3. How many gallons of oil will a can of a cylindrical form hold,whose diameter is 281… … OF SOLIDS. 63 PROBLEM III. To find the Convex Surface of a Cone. Rule.—Multiply the perimeter of the base by the slant height,and h the product will be the surface ; to which add the area of thebase when the entire surface is required. c Example.—The diameter of the base of a right A cone, a b, is…
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