TO MEASURE LOADS OF WOOD. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product by, the depth or height, which will give the content in solid feet; of which 64 make half a cord, and 128 a cord. EXAMPLE. How many solid feet are contained in a load of wood, 7 feet 6 inches long, 4 feet 2 inches wide, and 2 feet 3 inches high? 7 ft. 6 in. 7,5 and 4 ft. 2 in.=4,167 and 2 ft. 3 in= 2,25; then, 7,5×4,167=81,2525×2,25=70,318125 solid feet, Ans. But loads of wood are commonly estimated by the foot, allowing the load to be 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and then 2 feet high-will make half a cord, which is called 4 feet of wood; but if the breadth of the load be less than 4 feet, its height must be increased so as to make half a cord, which is still called 4 feet of wood. By measuring the breadth and heighth of the load, the content may be found by the following RULE. Multiply the breadth by the height, and half the product will be the content in feet and inches. EXAMPLE. Required the content of a load of wood which is 3 feet 9 inches wide and 2 feet 6 inches high. By Duodecimals. By Decimals. F. in. F. Ans. 4 8 3 F. in. 4,68754 81, or half a cord and 8 inches over. the foregoing method is concise and easy to those who are well aquainted with Duodecimals, but the following Table will give the content of any loud of wood, by inspection only, sufficiently exact for common practice; which will be found very convenient. A TABLE of Breadth, Height, and Content. Breadth. || Height in feet. 6171819 10/11 Inches. 123 4 5 2 6 15 30 45 60 124 5 7 11 183654 11 12141517 19 37 5674 2 3 5 S 1939 5978 2 3 5 7 4 0 6 7 6 8 8 9 TO USE THE FOREGOING TABLE. First measure the breadth and height of your load to the nearest average inch; then find the breadth in the left hand column of the table; then move to the right on the same line till you come under the height in feet, and you will have the content in inches, answering the feet, to which add the content of the inches on the right and divide the sum by 12, and you will have the true content of the load in feet and inches. NOTE.-The contents answering the inches being always 、 small, may be added by inspection. EXAMPLES. 1. Admit a load of wood is 8 feet 4 inches wide, and 2 feet 10 inches high; required the content. Thus, against 3 ft. 4 inches, and under 2 feet, stands 40 inches; and under 10 inches at top, stands 17 inches: then 40+ 17-57 true content in inches, which divide by 12 gives 4 feet 9 inches, the answer. 2. The breadth being 8 feet, and height 2 feet 8 inches; required the content. Thus, with breadth S feet 0 inches, and under 2 feet atop, stands 36 inches; and under 8 inches, stands 12 inches: now 36 and 12, make 48, the answer in inches ; and 48÷12-4 feet, or just half a cord. 3. Admit the breadth to be 3 feet 11 inches, and height 3 feet 9 inches; required the content. Under 3 feet at top, stands 70; and under 9 inches, is 18: 70 and 18, make 88÷12-7 feet 4 inches, or 7 ft. 1 qr. 2 inches, the answer. TABLE I. per Showing the amount of £1, or $1, at 5 and 6 annum, Compound Interest, for 20 years. cent. per |Yrs. 15 per cent.16 per cent.\I'rs. 15 per cent.16 per cent. 1,05000 1,06000 11 1,71034 1,89829 1 VII. The weights of the coins of the United States. Half-Cents, Copper. The standard for gold coin is 11 parts pure gold, and ore part alfoy the alley to consist of silver and copper. The standard for silver coin is 1485 parts fine to 179 parts alloy-the alloy to be wholly copper. 1,000000 1,000000 0,952381 0,943396| 2 2,050000 2,060000 1,859410 1,833398 3 3,152500 3,183600|| 2,723248 2,673012| 4 4,310125 4,374616|| 3,545950 3,465106 5 5,525631 5,637193|| 4,829477 4,212364| 6 6,801913 6,975319|| 5,075692 4,917324 7 8,142009 8,393838|| 5,786278 5,582381 8 9,549109 9,897468|| 6,463213 6,209794 9 11,026564 11,491316 7,107822 6,801692 10 12,577892 13,180770 7,721735 7,360087 11 14,206787 14,971643 8,306414 7,886875 12 15,91712616,869942 8,863252 8,383844 13 17,712982 18,882138|| 9,393573 8,852683 14 19,598632|21,015066|| 9,898641 9,294984 15 21,578564|23,275969||10,379658| 9,712249 16 23,657492|25,672528||10,837769 10,105895 17 25,840366|28,212380||11,274066| 10,477260 18 28,132385 30,905653||11,689587|10,827603 19 30,539004 33,759992 12,085321|11,158116 20 33,065954|36,785592||12,462210|11,469921 21 35,719252 39,992727 12,821153 11,764077 22 38,505214 43,392291||13,163003 12,041582 23 41,430475|46,995828||13,488574|12,303380 24 44,501999 50,815578||13,798642 12,550357 25 47,727099 54,864512 14,093944 12,783356 26 51,113454 59,156382|14,375185 13,003166 27 54,669126|63,705765||14,643034|13,210534 28 58,402583 68,528112||14,898127 13,406164 29 62,32271273,639798||15,141078 13,590721 30 66,438847 79,058186||15,372451|13,764831 31 70,760790 84,801677||15,592810 13,929086 TABLES. THE three following Tables are calculated agreeable to an Act of Congress passed in November, 1792, making foreign Gold and Silver Coins a legal tender for the payment of all debts and demands, at the several and respective rates following, viz. The Gold Coins of Great-Britain and Portugal, of their present standard, at the rate of 100 cents for every 27 grains of the actual weight thereof.-Those of France and Spain 27 grains of the actual weight thereof.-Spanish milled Dollars weighing 17 -pwt. 7 gr. equal to 100 cents, and in proportion for the parts of a dollar.-Crowns of France, weighing 18 pwt. 17 gr. equal to 110 cents, and in proportion for the parts of a Crown.-They have enacted, that every cent shall contain 208 grains of copper, and every half-cent 104 grains. TABLE IV. Weights of several pieces of English, Portuguese, and |