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Old 05-18-2004, 06:25 AM   #28 (permalink)
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As an engineer by schooling, my first thought was this question has been around since the first underground tank was installed and there is a straightforward formula written down somewhere.

I googled 'volume cylindrical segment' and came up with what I posted earlier. I made no claim that this was my original thinking and derivation. I have no desire to debate the higher math involved. There was an excellent little graph included with the discussion that I have posted here.


If you highlight the graph the numbers show up a lot better. Sorry.


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