» 80063 30058 Line ».. 3 of an Estate April 18th 1812. The Vales situate in die Turnship of Farnley.» in the parish of Pecels. FIELD BOOK. SECTION 1I.. 'MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS CONCERNING Superficial Mensuration. 1. The length of a floor is 35 feet, and its breadth 24 feet; what is the area of three such floors, deducting for two well-holes, one of which measures 10 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 3 inches, and the other 8 feet 9 inches by 3 feet 6 inches ? Ans. 2444 feet. 2. From a mahogany plank 16 inches in breadth, 6 square feet are to be sawn off; at what distance from the end must the line be struck? Ans. 4 feet. 3. What must be the length of a cord which will strike the circumference of a circular plantation that shall contain just an acre and a half of ground? Ans. 48.072 yards. 4. A gentleman has ordered a rectangular court-yard to be paved, which measures 45 feet 9 inches in front, and 32 feet 6 inches broad. A foot-path 5 feet 6 inches in breadth, leading to the front door of his house, is to be laid with Portland-stone, at 3s. 4d. per square foot, and the rest with Purbeck-stone, at 2s. 3d. per square foot; what will be the expense of the whole? Ans. £176 19s. 11d. 5. The annual rent of a triangular field is £43 15s.; its base measures 25, and perpendicular 14 chains; what is it let for per acre? Ans. £2 10s. 6. The transverse diameter of the ellipse in Grosvenor-square measures 840 links, and the conjugate 612, within the wall; the wall is 14 inches thick; what N |