This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
1. Required the circumference of a circle, the diameter being five inches?
In the column of circumferences, opposite the given diameter, stands 15.708* inches, the circumference required.
2. Required the capacity, in gallons, of a can, the diameter being 6 feet and depth 10 feet?
In the fourth column from the given diameter stands 211.44712.* being the content of a can 6 feet in diameter and 1 foot in depth, which being multiplied by 10 gives the required content, two thousand one hundred fourteen and a half gallons.
3. Any of the areas in feet multiplied by .03704, the product equal the number of cubic yards at 1 foot in depth.
4. The area of a circle in inches multiplied by the length or thickness in inches, and by .263, the product equal the weight in pounds of cast iron.
* See preceding page for Decimal Equivalents to the Fractional parts of a Gallon and an Inch.
 
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