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CHAPTER water. The average time which the workman took to raise a pot 
of water was 15 seconds. By this means, therefore, a man can In 
June 22, &c. an hour raise about 6/1 ale gallons to the height of 17 feet 9 inches. 
If the depth of the well be less, as is usually the case, the quantity 
raised by the same labour will be much greater ; but in what pro- 
portion I did not ascertain. 
