 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1854 - 98 pages
...should be carefully committed to memory. DEFINITION. — The specific gravity, or density of a body, is the number which expresses the ratio which the...body bears to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled tcater, at the temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. DEFINITION. — The quantity of matter contained in... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1854 - 134 pages
...definition is given (Manual of Mechanics, P- 37)DEFINITION. — The specific gravity or demity of a body is the number which expresses the ratio which the...cubic inch of the body bears to the weight of a cubic iuch of distilled water at the temperature 60° Fahrenheit. If Wbe the weight of a body expressed in... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1856 - 148 pages
...be carefully committed to memory : — DEFINITION. — The specific gravity, or density of a body, is the number which expresses the ratio which the...the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, at the temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. DEFINITION. — The quantity of matter contained in a body is the... | |
 | John Charles Buckmaster - Chemistry, Inorganic - 1858 - 240 pages
...one-sixth. Compound bodies in a state of vapour yield the same results.WEIGHT. expressed in grains. Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number...The specific gravity of — Platina 21 Gold 19 Lead 11 Copper 8 Iron 7 So that in the same bulk we have three times more matter in platina than iron, and... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1859 - 104 pages
...DEFINITION. — The specific gravity or density of a body is the number which expresses the ratio ivhieh the weight of a cubic inch of the body bears to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at the temperature 60° Fahrenheit. If W be the weight of a body expressed in grains, V its volume in... | |
 | James A. Christie - 1865 - 454 pages
...provided that in case of the loss or defacement of this Standard it should be restored by reference to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, at a temperature of 62- ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and exposed to a pressure of air sufficient to raise the mercury... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith, Samuel Haughton - Mechanics - 1866 - 200 pages
...to memory : — . DEFINITION. — The specific gravity, or density of a \ body, is the number winch expresses the ratio which the -: weight of a cubic...the weight of a ' cubic inch of distilled water, at the temperature of6o°J Fahrenheit. DEFINITION The quantity of matter contained in a v> body is the... | |
 | Samuel Haughton - 1867 - 316 pages
...the principle of Archimedes, all other bodies with it. The English have selected as their standard the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, at a temperature of 62° Fahrenheit thermometer, under an atmospheric pressure measured by 30 inches of the mercurial barometer.... | |
 | John Charles Buckmaster - 1869 - 360 pages
...whole amount of matter a body contains, and this is generally expressed in grains, pounds, grammes, &c. Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number...cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of 15-5° C. The specific gravity of — Platinum . . . .21 Gold 19 Lead 11 Copper 9 Iron 7 So that in... | |
 | John Charles Buckmaster - 1871 - 364 pages
...whole amount of matter a body contains, and this is generally expressed in grains, pounds, grammes, &c. Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number...the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature_of 15 '5° C. The specific gravity of — Platinum . . . .21 Gold 19 Lead n Copper 9 Iron... | |
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Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number which expresses the ratio which the weight of a cubic inch of the body bears to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of 15-5° C. 
