[SEL] O.T O.T O.T Need to talk to a math expert

[paulmaples at sbcglobal.net]

You got it right Master Dave, sloppy is a good descriptive word for me.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rotigel" <rotigel at me.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T O.T O.T Need to talk to a math expert


>A 5 gal. bucket appears to be about 12 in. in dia. and about 14' high.
> PI =3.14159265 (when dry.)(If the Pi is wet it is closer to 3.1415965!)
> PiXr2 =PiX(6x6) or 3.1415965X36=113.09747
> 113.09747 x14=1583.3645 cu inches.
> 12X12x12=1728 cu inches.
> 1728 is plenty close enought to 1583.3645 for givernment work!
> Argo, 4, five gallon buckets will be plenty cloce to the 4 cu feet of  
> material that Paul needs! (This is even more true given that Paul is a  
> rether sloppy bloke and tends to spill ~145 cu inches out of each  
> bucket while carrying it to thr point of loading!
> Dave
> 
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Tod Engine Foundation wrote:
> 
>> I would probably use the five gallon bucket as the standard of  
>> measurement