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A Method for Surface Area Measurement of Milk Bottles^*

Departments of Mathematics and Dairy Husbandry, Michigan State College, East Lansing

ABSTRACT

The problem of the horticulturist in calculating the leaf surface of a fruit tree for measurement of the spray covering is similar to that of the milk plant manager or experimentalist who wishes to determine the amount of water and washing powder required to wash milk bottles of varying sizes. Many factors complicate his problem, chief of which is the fact that usually three sizes of bottles are washed, the total number varying each day, as well as the distribution of sizes. This serves to make any calculation of washing powder only approximate. Other factors, also confusing, are shape of the bottle and thickness of its walls.

Displacement calculations may be utilized as a simple method for determination of the volume of glass in a bottle but they are valueless as a measure of the surface area, due to irregularity in shape. Since both the inside and outside areas of the bottle must be washed it is necessary that both be measured.

^* Journal article No. 580 (N.S.) of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.