A vintner draws a certain quantity of wine out of a full vessel that holds 256 gallons ; and then filling the vessel with water, draws off the same quantity of liquor as before, and so on for four draughts, when there were only 81 gallons of pure wine... The University Algebra - Page 354by John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - 1866 - 528 pagesFull view - About this book
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