Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 1
I would pray you to work that Question you proposed the other night to me, for I can't but think it must be in Eight hours and not in Six as you mentioned that the Cistern must be emptied as thru Supposing the Cistern to contain 48 Gallons, then in proportion 1 of one Cock in 12 hours will draw off the 48 Gallo.,
| that same Cock in 8 hours will draw off | 32 Gallons |
| If the other Cock in 24 hours will draw off the sd. 48 Gallons, the same will in 8 hours draw off |
16 Gallons |
| which brings the amount | 48 |
| So that it must be in 8 & not 6 hours |
I am your Friend and huml. Servt.
P:S. Governour Burnett died in year 1729 on the 8th of Septr. See 196 page of Dr. Colmans Life lines 8.9.10.11.1.1
William Burnet (1688–1729) served as governor of New York and New Jersey from 1720 to 1728 when he arrived at Boston as governor. He was succeeded in office by his predecessor William Dummer. The cited reference, The Life and Character of the Reverend Benjamin Colman by Ebenezer Turell (Boston, 1749), reprints an obituary which appeared in the Boston Weekly News-Letter for Sept. 4–11, 1729.