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A Mifcellaneous Catalogue of Mean.^ vulgar^ cheap 
and fmple Experiments, Drawn up by Sr. WilJia m 
Petty, Prefident of the Dublin Society, and by 
Him prefented to that Society 
I. HE Weight of a Cubical foot of Sea-Water^ 
JL fj'elli River-Water, Spring-Water and Rain- 
Water ; as alfo ol Ale, French Wine, Brandy, Methe- 
gUn and Spanifli Wine, Oil-Olive, Rape- Oil and Train- 
Oil 
2. The Weight of a Cubical foot of Wheat, Barly^ 
Peas, Oats? &c. 
J. The Quantity andWeight of Juice that ten pound 
of Apples, Pears, Goosberries, Mulberries, Peaches, and 
Grapes will yield in order to make Drink r* 
4. The W eight of a Cubical foot of Oak, Afh,Elm3 
Fir, Willow, Alder, Birch, Yew, Pear-tree and Box- tim- 
ber, and the difference between the weight of the faid 
timbers, extreamly green and extreamly dry > 
The Weight of the Shell,White and Yelk of an Egg, 
vi^. of Pidgeons, Hens, Ducks, Geefe and Turkies,and 
the proportion between the weight of the Egg and the 
Hen.^ (^c. 
6. The Weight of a Cubical foot of Wool, Tow, 
Feathers, Hey, &c. pres'fd down with feveral weights > 
7. The Weight of feveral Bottles and Cask which 
are in common ufe ? 
8. The Weight of a Cubical foot of Lime, Sand and 
Mold? 
9. The Weight of Apples, Pears, Nuts and other 
fruits as alio their correfpondent Numbers and Magni- 
tudesr* 
10. Comparative Weight of a hundred Apples born 
upon the f^me Tree in feveral years? 
\ ' Let there be a Bag of Wool, and Shot made 
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