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GAUGING
REGULAR
SHAPED
LYING
CASKS.
EXPLANATION
OF
TABLES.
The
chief
design
in
this
invention
has
been
to
enable
any
person
to
ascertain
in
one
minute
what
number
of
gallons
are
contained
in
a
lying
cask,
regular
shaped,
of
different
dimen-
sions,
when
full
or
partly
full.
RULE
I.—
For
Table
No.
1.
Take
the
rod
with
inches
and
tenths of
inches
marKed
on
it,
put
it
into
the
cask
diagonally,
from
the
bung-hole
to
each
head,
to
get
the
exact
centre.
Then
look
at
Table
No.
1
the
first
column
will
show
the
diagonal
inches
from
centre
of
bung
to
each
head
of
cask,
and
the
second
column
the
con-
tents
of
cask.
RULE
IL—
For
Table
No.
2.
To
get
the
number
of
gallons
when
a
cask
is
not
full,
take
the
bung
diameter
and
wet
inches
on
rod,
and
look
at
Ullage
Table
No.
2
for
full
contents
of
cask.
The
1st
column
shows
the
number
of
gallons
in
a
fall
cask.
"
2d
" "
the
bung
diameter.
"
8d
"
''
wet
or
dry
inches
on
rod.
"
4th
"
^'
what
remains,
if
part
be
out.
Suppose
a
cask
to
contain
135
gallons,
and
the
bung
dh-
meter
to
be
34
inches,
and
10
inches
wet
on
the
rod,
tlie
right-hand,
or
4th
column
will
show
80*
gallons
remaining.
vShould
the
wet
inches
come
above
the
centre,
and
only
10
inches
be
dry,
there
would
be
30^
gallons
out,
leaving
104^
gallons
in.
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