Show I 1 A valuable able table the following table compiler compile from the calculations of J M garnett Garne tr esq of virginia will be found exceedingly valuable to many of our mechanical readers A box 24 inches by 16 inches square and 22 inches deep will contain a barrel or cubic inches A box 24 inches by 16 inches square and 11 inches deep will contain half a barrel or cubic inches A box 16 inches by inches square and 8 inches deep will contain one bushel or cubic inches A box 12 in inches glies by inches square and 8 inches deep will contain half a bushel or 1075 cubic inches A box 8 inches inched by 84 inches square and 6 in inches deep will contain one peck or cubic inches I 1 A box 8 inches by 8 inches square and 42 inches deep will contain one half peck or 2688 cubic inches A box 7 inches by 4 inches square and 48 incel inches deep will contain half a gallon or 1344 cubic inches 4 inches by 41 4 indies nelies square and 4 42 0 inches dee deep will contain one quart or cubic inches the e measures come within a small fraction of a cubic inch of being perfectly accurate as near inde indeed d as any measures of capacity have ever yet been made for common use nse |