Lorrainelovesplants
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vintage glass carboy helpIm selling this on ebay. Ive never used them, but got gifted them. I dont know the size and there are no markings, but could be 14 or 15 gallons? How do I find out (apart from filling with gallon measures?)
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Falstaff
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That's the only accurate way I can think of.
you could call it spherical and calculate the volume, but it's not and you'd have to allow for the thickness of the glass. So that has a load of built in errors.
Just fill it up !
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Lorrainelovesplants
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It'll take forever!
Its 26 inches high and 55 inches in diameter. You know I cant do maths.
DONT MAKE ME FILL THE THING!!!!
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Nick
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Just put those dimensions. Who would actually care what it would hold?
PS, it's not 55 inches diameter and 26 inches high.
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Treacodactyl
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=area+of+a+cylinder&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=8QR4VZSJIsW1UcefgJAC#q=volume+of+a+sphere
Radius is about 8.75 inches, so volume 2800 cubic inches, so around 10 gallons if I've worked it out correctly.
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Lorrainelovesplants
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Nick, those are the dimensions. I measured it this morning.
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Lorrainelovesplants
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circumference is 55 - many apologies - wrong name of thing.
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Lorrainelovesplants
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It is 10 gallons!
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Nick
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circumference is 55 - many apologies - wrong name of thing. |