1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

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. 268