37. In 17 acres 3 roods 12: 38. In 776457 square feet, rods, how many square feet? how many acres? Note. In reducing rods to Note. Here we have 776457 feet, the multiplier will be square feet to be divided by 2721. To multiply by, is to 2724. Reduce the divisor to take a fourth part of the mul-fourths, that is, to the lowest tiplicand. The principle is denomination contained in it; the same as shown T 34, then reduce the dividend to ex. 33. 39. Reduce 64 square miles o square feet? 41. There is a town 6 miles fourths, that is, to the same denomination, as shown T 34, ex. 34. 40. In 1,784,217,600 square feet, how many square miles? 42. Reduce 23040 acres to square; how many square square miles. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE. Solid or cubic measure is used in measuring things that have length, breadth, and thickness; such as timber, wood, stone, bales of goods, &c. The denominations are cords, tons, yards, feet, and inches. T 36. It has been shown, that a square yard contains 3 X 39 square feet. A cubic yard is 3 feet long, 3 feet vide, and 3 feet thick. Were it 3 feet long, 3 feet wide, nd one foot thick, it would contain 9 cubic feet; if 2 feet hick, it would contain 2 X 918 cubic feet; and, as it is 3 feet thick, it does contain 3 x 927 cubic feet. This will clearly appear from the annexed figure. It is plain, also, that a cubic foot, that is, a solid, 12 inches in length, 12 inches in breadth, and 12 inches in thickness, will contain 12 X 12 X 12 = 1728 solid or cubic inches. Note. What is called a cord foot, in measuring wood, is 16 solid feet; that is, 4 feet in length, 4 feet in width, and 1 foot in height, and 8 such feet, that is, 8 cord feet make 1 cord. 43. Reduce 9 tons of round timber to cubic inches. 45. In 37 cord feet of wood, how many solid feet? 47. Reduce 64 cord feet of wood to cords. 44. In 622080 cubic inches, how many tons of round timber? 46. In 592 solid feet of wood, how many cord feet? 48. In 8 cords of wood, how many cord feet? 49. In 16 cords of wood, 50. 2048 solid feet of wood, how many cord feet? how how many cord feet? how many cords? many solid feet? WINE MEASURE. Wine measure is used in measuring all spirituous liquors, ale and beer excepted; also vinegar and oil. The denominations are tuns, pipes, hogsheads, barrels, gallons, quarts, pints, and gills. Note. A gallon, wine measure, contains 231 cubic inches. ALE OR BEER MEASURE. Ale or beer measure is used in measuring ale, beer, and milk. The denominations are hogsheads, barrels, gallons, quarts, and pints. Note. A gallon, beer measure, contains 282 cubic inches. 57. Reduce 47 bar. 18 gal. of ale to pints. 59. In 29 hhds. of beer, how many pints? 58. In 13680 pints of ale, how many barrels ? 60. Reduce 12528 pints to hogsheads. DRY MEASURE. Dry measure is used in measuring all dry goods, such as grain, fruit, roots, salt, coal, &c. The denominations are chaldrons, bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. Note. A gallon, dry measure, contains 2684 cubic inches. A Winchester bushel is 18 inches in diameter, 8 inches deep, and contains 2150 cubic inches. 61. In 75 bushels of wheat, | how many pints? 63. Reduce 42 chaldrons of coals to pecks. 62. In 4800 pints, how many bushels? 64. In 6048 pecks, how many chaldrons? TIME. The denominations of time are years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. ¶ 37. The year is also divided into 12 calendar months, which, in the order of their succession, are numbered as follows, viz. January, 1st month, has 31 days. February, 2d, 28 The number of days in each month may be easily fixed in the mind by committing to memory the following lines: Thirty days hath September, The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used to mark the several days of the week, and they are disposed in such a manner, for every year, that the letter A shall stand for the 1st day of January, B for the 2d, &c. In pursuance of this order, the letter which shall stand for Sunday, in any year, is called the Dominical letter for that year. The Dominical letter being known, the day of the week on which each month comes in may be readily calculated from the following couplet: At Dover Dwells George Brown, Esquire, These words correspond to the 12 months of the year, and the first letter in each word marks the day of the week on which each corresponding month comes in; whence any other day may be easily found. For example, let it be required to find on what day of the week the 4th day of July falls, in the year 1827, the Dominical letter for which year is G. Good answers to July; consequently, July comes in on a Sunday; wherefore the 4th day of July falls on Wednesday. Note. There are two Dominical letters in leap years, one for January and February, and another for the rest of the year. 66. Reduce 475047465 se 65. Supposing your age to be 15y. 19 d. 11h. 37 m. conds to years. 45 s., how many seconds old are you, allowing 365 days 6 hours to the year ? 67. How many minutes from 68. Reduce 325440 minutes the 1st day of January to the to days. 14th day of August, inclusive ly? 69. How many minutes from 70. In 4079160 minutes, the commencement of the war how many years? between America and England, April 19th, 1775, to the settlement of a general peace, which took place Jan. 20th, 1783 ? |