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"Why, you see, we've got a new problem in geometry to solve, and the price of eggs will help out," continued Tom, looking very serious. "What is it, Tom?" "It's this, Tubby, my boy. If the diameter of an egg ten degrees west of its North Pole is two and eleven-tenths inches, what is the value of the shell unfilled? I thought you might help me out on that."
Allez avec moi," and down I went to the amazement of everyone and the great amazement of myself. "By Jove! wait till he sees me this time," I remarked half-audibly.... The Directeur said nothing when I entered. The Directeur extended a piece of paper, which I read. The Directeur said, with an attempt at amiability: "Alors, vous allez sortir." I looked at him in eleven-tenths of amazement.
Suppose a building of six floors is supplied from the gas-mains at a pressure of six-tenths, and that the difference of altitude between the highest and lowest light is equal to fifty feet: the gas in the highest or sixth floor will issue from the burners at a pressure of eleven-tenths; the fifth floor, at ten-tenths; and so on.
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