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Problem 5.th The Concave Diameter of guns being known together with the quantity of gun-powder sufficient to charge one to find what will be sufficient to charge the other. {As the Cube of that Diameter whose quantity is given { Is to the quantity of gunpowder given { So is the Cube of the Diameter whose quantity is requir'd {To it's quantity of gun-powder required. If .43 of a lb of gun powder be sufficient to charge a gun whose Concave Diameter is 1.5 Inch how much gun-powder will suffice to charge a gun whose Diameter is 7 Inches? 1.5 7 1.5 7 ____ __ 2.25 49 1.5 7 ____ ___ 3.375 343 3.375:.43::343 43 ____ 1029 1372 _____ 3.378)147.4900(43.7 lb Ans: 13500 _____ 12490 10125 ______ 23650 23625 _______ 25
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The capitalization of certain words is a bit confusing. I also removed the hyphenated continuances at the ends of lines.