Example.—To find the shot in a triangular pile, the bottom row consisting of 12 shot.
| Parallel | { | 12 | |||
| edges. | { | 1 | 12 ÷ 2 | = 6 | |
| { | 1 | 12 + 1 | = 13 | ||
| Triangular face | 78 | ||||
| 3 ) | 14 | 4⅔ | |||
| 4⅔ | 312 | ||||
| 52 | |||||
| Answer | 364 | ||||
Example.—To find the shot in a square pile, the bottom row consisting of 12 shot.
| 12 | ||||
| 1 | 12 ÷ 2 | = 6 | ||
| 1 | 12 + 1 | = 13 | ||
| 78 | ||||
| 3 ) | 25 | 8⅓ | ||
| 8⅓ | 624 | |||
| 26 | ||||
| Answer | 650 | |||
Example.—To find the shot in an oblong pile, whose base consists of 18 shot in length, and 12 in breadth.
| 18 | 18 - 12 | = 6 | |||
| 18 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||
| 3 ) | 43 | ||||
| 14⅓ | 12 ÷ 2 | = 6 | |||
| 12 + 1 | = 13 | ||||
| 78 | |||||
| 14⅓ | |||||
| 312 | |||||
| 78 | |||||
| 26 | |||||
| Answer | 1118 | ||||