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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   

Transcription Notes:
The capitalization of certain words is a bit confusing. I also removed the hyphenated continuances at the ends of lines.