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fide ce, G+ (or 13% inches nearly,) into itfelf, about 
one hundred and eighty fquare inches will be pro- 
duced: that is, the fquare contains thirty-fix inches, 
or one-fourth more than the circle; and that ex- 
tended through the ftick, the forty feet, or ton of 
round timber, becomes a load, or fifty feet when 
fquared. 
No. 2 is a ccircle of fame fize as No.1; but the 
fegments chipped off at a, 4, c,d, in the new me- 
thod, are much f{maller; the triangular areas e, f, 
g, b, of courfe confiderably enlarged, and the fide 
of the fquare ¢, f, lengthened nearly to 142 inches ;f 
which, multiplied into itfelf, produces about two 
hundred and eee Agate inches, viz. half as much 
of the circle; ‘aad d leantty oy this flight hewing,. 
a round ftick of forty feet becomes half as much 
more (i.e. fixty feet) when fquared. 
N.B. Round, or girt meafure, gives lefs than the 
real contents of a ftick. Square meafure gave at 
all times more, now much more. 
T 13-5 ft 14.75 
13-5 14-75 
675 7375 
AOS 10325 
4 135 59°00 
1475 
182.25 — 
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