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(seq. 76)
A [rectangle top] B \x /k6 8/4 \2 C [rectangle end] D F
Ao 16 : x :: x : y ...... x : y :: y : 2
16y = x² 2x = y²
y = x² ....16 y = V2x
x² = V2x 16
x⁴ 256 = 2x
x⁴ = 512x x⁴ ..............x = 512
....x =V³512 = 8 x³ = 512
64
12
256 |4096 (16 .........256 ........1536 ........1536
512|
(seq. 77)
Receipt to make boots impervious to water —
The boots should be made of soft cow leather of a good quality and closely sewed —
Take of Tallow eight. ounces of Hogs Lard four d° — Turpentine two — New bees wax two — Olive oil two —
Melt the composition well together — the night before you intend to shoot [on?] your boots well dried and warmed should be well anointed with the above composition melted to such a degree of heat that the hand that the hand can but just bear it & applied in repeated rubbings —
(seq. 78)
98 I planted 45 acres of Cotton in my high Land at Opechee — The Spring was cold and late. the summer so wet that I lost by rain acres by rain acres and the cotton crops were every where [?] [unqualy?] backward — My crop was planted between the 10th March and the last of April —
My Overseer sent me the following Notices of my Crop. August 24th The Cotton begins to open 28 — The 25. picked one basket. one hand picking today —
Sept. 14th The Cotton picked is as yet amount to only 110 lbs in the [?ed] — Shall now note down his daily returns of Cotton picked
(seq. 79)
110/1155 Sept. 15. — 16. — 17. — 18. 26 19. 12 20. — 21. 24 22. 35 23.. 28 24. — 125/1312 25. 114 26. 45 27. 92 28. 110 29. 33 30 — 394/4137 Oct. 1. 78 2. 45 3. 22 4. — 5. — 6. 18 7. — 163/1712 8. 187 9. 122 10. 146 11. — 12. — 13. — 14. —455/4777 15 1247
Oct. 15. 53 16 17 18 19. 20 21. — 951/9[?] 22. 54 23. 262 24. 250 25. 250 26. 28 27. 15 28. — 859 29. 20 30. — 31. — Nov. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
(seq. 80)
2 Bu 4 fl 12 + 2 4 6 - 12
D. Douglas feet of [?] — [?]
Na[?] [?ale] Esq. 11 boards, 12 feet long. 1 wide