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To Measure The Height Of Tress

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
May
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

When a truc fitands so that the lengtïï ut its shadow can be measured, its height may be rsadily ascertained as follows ; Set a stick upright. Mako it perpendicular by the plumb-line. Mensure tho lengfh oí tve shadow of the stuk. As tbe length of its shadow toto the height of the stick, no is the length of the shsdow of .the tree to its height. For instance ; if th itjek is four f eet abo ve thn ground, aird its shadow is six Mt in and the shadow of the tree is 90 fëet, its fceigbt will be 60 feet } Í 0 : 4 : : ■'# : 60) In other words, inultiply the length of tho shadow of the treo by the height of the stiuk, and divide by the shadow of the

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus