A Fellow of Indeterminate Age
A fellow of indeterminate age, who allowed internal cavities to develop during
the solidification of steel jail cells, plucked (with a plectrum, yet!) a
fourth of a bushel of the many-seeded berries enclosed in a thickened
integument like an indehiscent pod, which had been soaked in vinegar and/or
brine.
I could restate that, but I shall forbear.
In conclusion, I ask: Taking into account a packing density approximately 0.8
that of spheres in a tetrahedral arrangement, and the unusual shape of said
berries, and that the total volume plucked was one fourth of a bushel, what
was the total, expressed in units?
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