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Mule skinning

840 yds [hawk?]
36 in one yd
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5040
2520
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30240 inches in one [hawk?]
53 No of yarn
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90720
151200
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1602720 divisor

1602720) 48480000 (30lb 3 3/4 oz
4808160
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[3?]98400
16 oz one lb
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2390400
398400
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1602720) 6374400 (3
4808160
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1566240
4 [yrs?] [?] oz
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1602720) 6264960 (3 [yrs?]
4808160
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1456800

Weaving

If a [crank?] shaft of a power loom
makes 129.818 revolutions or picks
a minute what time will be
required to work successively
to produce a piece of cloth 29 yds
long 88 picks in one inch

29 yds length of piece
37 inches hooked for one yd
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203
87
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1073
88 picks in one inch
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8584
8584
94424 dividend

picks a minit 129818) 84424.00 (727.3567
908726
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355140
259636
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955040
908726
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463140
389454
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736860
649090
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877700
778908
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787920
(minits one hour) 908726
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79794
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60( 727.3567 (12
60
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127
120
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7

Ans 12 h - 7 m