[The Inch, or Gallon, being divided into 82 parts.] [In multiplying decimals it is usual to drop all but the first two or three figures.]

Decimals.

Gallon, or Inch.

Gills.

1 Pints.

Quarts.

•03125

1-32

1

¼

1/8

.625

1-16

2

4

¼

•09375

3-32

3

¾

3/8

.125

1-8

4

1

½

.15625

5-32

5

1¼

5/8

•1875

3-16

6

1½

¾

•21875

7-32

7

1¾

7/8

•25

1-4

8

2

1

•28125

9-32

9

2¼

1 1/8

•3125

5-16

10

2½

1 1/4

•34375

11-32

11

31

1 3/8

Decimals.

Gallon, or Inch.

Gills

Pints.

Quarts.

•375

3-8

12

3

1½

.40625

13-32

13

3¼

l 5/8

•4375

7-16

14

3½

1¾

•46875

15-32

15

3|

1 7/8

•5

1-2

16

4

2

•53125

17-32

17

4¼

2 1/8

•5625

9-16

18

4½

2¼

•59375

19-32

19

4¾

2 3/8

•625

5-8

20

5

2½

.65625

21-32

21

5¼

2 5/8

•6875

11-16

22

5½

2 ¾

Decimals.

Gallon, or

Inch.

Gills

Pints.

Quarts.

•71875

23-32

33

5¾

2 7/8

•75

3-4

24

6

3

.78125

25-32

25

6¼

3 1/8

.8125

13-16

26

6½

3¼

.84375

27-32

27

6¾

3 3/8

.875

7-8

38

7

3½

.90625

29-32

29

7¼

3 5/8

.9375

15-16

30

7½

3¾

.96875

31-32

31

7¾

3 7/8

1.000

1

32

8

4

Application

Required the gallons in any Cylindrical Vessel. Suppose a vessel 9½ inches deep, 9 inches diameter, and contents 2.6163, that is, 2 gallons and 61 hundredth parts of a gallon; now to ascertain this decimal of a gallon, refer to the above Table for the decimal that is nearest, which is .625, opposite to which is |ths of a gallon, or 20 gills, or 5 pints, or 2½ quarts, consequently the vessel contains 2 gallons and 5 pints.

Inches

To find what part of an inch the decimal .708 is. Refer to the above Table for the decimal that is nearest, which is •71875, opposite to which is 23-32, or nearly ¾ths of an inch.