PROBLEM XII. To inch a standing cask of the second or third variety. From the area of the bung diameter 3.060000 .004896 Shewing the method of obtaining three series of differences ; and the content of the cask at every inch, from the bung to the head. ches. 1 A TABLE Shewing the Method of Inching the Cask, given in the foregoing Example. Wet Wet Wet Wet In- Contents. In- Contents. In- Contents. In- Contents. Set the brass index on the slide, to the head diameter 28.4, on the lower line of the stock; then against the bung diameter 34.5, on the same line of the stock, we have 4.2 nearly on the line marked spheroid: and opposite this number on the lower line of the slide, we have 32.6, the mean diameter, on the lower line of the stock. To find the content. Set the guage-point on D, to the length 35.2 on C^; then against the mean diameter 32.6 on D, is 127, very nearly, on C, the content in wine gallons. To find the ullage. Set the bung diameter 34.5 on N, to 100 on S. L.; then against the wet inches 30.8 on N, we have 95 the fourth number on S. L. Again, set 95 on B, to 100 on A; then against 1275 |