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Cover of Short and Easy Methods for Finding (1.) The Quantity of Time Contained in Any Given Number of Mean Lunations; (2.) The Number of Mean Lunations Contained in Any Given Quantity of Time; (3.) The Number of Troy Pounds Contained in Any Given Number of Avoirdupoise Pounds, and Vice Versa; (4.) The Quantity and Weight of Water Contained in a Full Pipe of Any Given Height, and Diameter of Bore; And Consequently, to Find What Degree of Power Would be Required to Work a Common Pump, or Any Other Hydraulic Engine, When the Diameter of the Pump-Bore, and the Height to Which the Water is to Be Raised Therein, are Given. Communicated by Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S.

Short and Easy Methods for Finding (1.) The Quantity of Time Contained in Any Given Number of Mean Lunations; (2.) The Number of Mean Lunations Contained in Any Given Quantity of Time; (3.) The Number of Troy Pounds Contained in Any Given Number of Avoirdupoise Pounds, and Vice Versa; (4.) The Quantity and Weight of Water Contained in a Full Pipe of Any Given Height, and Diameter of Bore; And Consequently, to Find What Degree of Power Would be Required to Work a Common Pump, or Any Other Hydraulic Engine, When the Diameter of the Pump-Bore, and the Height to Which the Water is to Be Raised Therein, are Given. Communicated by Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S.

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