 | Edmund Burke - History - 1873 - 696 pages
...contains 33,000,000 square acres of land, and an English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches. An inch of rain on an acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which, at 277,274 cubic inches to the gallon, makes The year 1872. 5-82 2-23 2-25 2-14 4-95 3-43 2-26 2-55 2-80... | |
 | REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 700 pages
...varied from 30 tons per aere in Edinburgh to 215 tons per acre in Glasgow. An English acre consiste of 6,272,640 square inches ; and an inch deep of rain on an acre yields 6,272,040 cubic inches of water, which at 277-274 cubic inches to the gallon makes 22,622-5 gallons... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1867 - 400 pages
..." Rain fell in London to the amount of 0.43 inch, which is equivalent to 43 tons of rain per acre. An English acre consists of 6,272,640 < square inches...yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which, at 277,274 cubic inches to the gallon, makes 22,622.5 gallons ; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1867 - 400 pages
...rain-fall: "Rain fell in London to the amount of 0.43 inch, which is equivalent to 43 tons of rain per acre. An English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches...yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which, at 277,274 cubic inches to the gallon, makes 22,622.5 gallons; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs... | |
 | Robert White Stevens - Maritime law - 1869 - 826 pages
...<£• aero. The rainfall daring the previous week varied from 30 ton t> acre in Edinburgh to 215 ton p acre in Glasgow. An English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches ; and an inch deep of rain on on acre yields 6,272,6-10 cubic inches of water, which at 277'274 cubic inches to the gallon, makes... | |
 | 1872 - 502 pages
...of their extended wings, some twenty feet. As INCH OP RAIÜT. — An English acre, says the Builder, consists of 6,272,640 square inches; and an inch deep...yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which, at 277,274 cubic inches to the gallon, makes 22,6225 gallons; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1873 - 738 pages
...contains 33,000,000 square acres of land, and an English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches. An inch of rain on an acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which, at 277,274 cubic inches to the gallon, makes RAINFALL OP 1872, AND THE EESPECTIVE MEANS OP FIVE YEAES... | |
 | Georgia. Department of Agriculture - Georgia - 1876 - 268 pages
...illustrated in the enormous quantity of water which falls upon the earth's surface. What is an inch of rain ? An English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches,...acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which at 231. cubic inches to the gallon makes 27,154 gallons ; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs 10... | |
 | Georgia. Department of Agriculture - Georgia - 1878 - 276 pages
...illustrated in the enormous quantity of water which falls upon the earth's surface. What is an inch of rain ? An English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches,...acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which at 231 cubic inches to the gallon makes 27,154 gallons ; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs 10... | |
 | Georgia. Department of Agriculture, Thomas P. Janes - African Americans - 1876 - 276 pages
...in the enormous quantity of water, which falls upon the earth's surface. What is an inch of rain ? An English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches,...acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which at 231 cubic inches to the gallon makes 27,154 gallons ; and as a gallon of distilled water weighs 10... | |
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Edinburgh to 215 tons per acre in Glasgow. An English acre consists of 6,272,640 square inches ; and an inch deep of rain on an acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which at... 
