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I have no idea what the GP is doing but you would just do Pi * D^2 / 4 * H * 62.4 Where D is tank diameter in ft H is tank height in ft and 62.4 is the unit weight of water in lbs per cubic foot. Divide by 144 of D is in inches and 12 if H is in inches. Or if you want to be real lazy you can see Pi/4*62.4 is ~49 and round to 50.
Do most people know 62.4 lb/ft³? The equivalent metric factor is 1 g/cm³ or 1 kg/L [1] so with D and H in centimeters the calculation is π D²/4 × H kilograms of water. [1] Assuming we're talking about a normal water tank, not a space rocket. Density varies with temperature, it's 0.9970474 g/cm³ at 25 °C.
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> the "2 x 4" has never been 2 x 4 inches. Well, it used to be pretty close, until lumber manufacturers and builders cheaped out. They've been gradually "shrinkflating" by reducing the thickness, conveniently requiring less wood. This went along with the switch to fast-growing garbage pine. I lived for a long time in an early-fifties house, and the quality of the wood was vastly superior to what you'd find today. Tho…
Here in NZ when we switched to metric nothing changed, 2x4s (well we call the 4x2s) were never quite 2x4, and 50x100s (the metric replacement) are close enough (but still not quite) that nothing really changed
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You've flummoxed me with this. The internet seems sure that "octameter" is a "metrical foot", which in this context is quite a pun. Without a link to confirm an architectural connection, I'll take this as a fairly obscure joke...
Haha, no, it's not a joke as I can tell you as an architect. Sadly there are no english links, but have a look at Wikipedia [0] and you will see, that I've not dreamed that up :) Of course it has a referenece norm: the DIN 4172, which calls it the "oktametrisches Maßsystem" (_octametric system of measurement_). It is made since a brick would be 11.5 cm and the mortice 1 cm = ∑ 12.5 cm. Eight bricks with mortice are a…