 | William Walton - Fluid mechanics - 1847 - 280 pages
...specific gravity of a substance is measured by, or, for convenience of language, is said to be equal to, the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of some assigned standard fluid, generally assumed to' be distilled water at... | |
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - Mechanics - 1874 - 340 pages
...of a solid or liquid substance is the ratio of its density to that of water, or, in other words, it is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water. The water is distilled, and the temperature is 60° F. Def. The specific... | |
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - Mechanics - 1874 - 336 pages
...of water. The water is distilled, and the temperature is 60° F. Def. The specific gravity of a gas is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the gas to that of an equal volume of air at the same temperature and pressure. The standard temperature... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - Friction - 1879 - 242 pages
...opposite must be deducted. The specific gravity of any substance is proportional to its density, and is the ratio of the weight .of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water, both being taken at the temperature of maximum density of the latter.... | |
 | Claudius Saunier - Clock and watch industry - 1881 - 590 pages
...the name of each metal, &c., refers to the article in which it is considered. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given bulk of that substance to the weight of the same bulk of water at a definite temperature. The numbers... | |
 | 1883 - 248 pages
...which these two forces meet. The third force must pass through the same point. 8. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given bulk of water to the same bulk of the substance. In the example, the specific gravity is O9. The volume... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - Building materials - 1883 - 402 pages
...Specific Gravity of Oil.—The specific gravity of any substance is proportional to its density, and is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water, both being taken at the temperature of maximum density of the latter.... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - Friction - 1885 - 406 pages
...latter scale being conventional. The specific gravity of a substance is proportional to its density, and is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water, both being usually taken at the temperature of maximum density of... | |
 | John Harper Long - 1894 - 386 pages
...Specific Gravity. gravity or density, or specific weight, of By the specific a substance we understand the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to the weight of the same volume of some other substance considered as a standard. To make our definition exact we must... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 578 pages
...considered farther on under the head of Crystallography. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 14. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of that substance to the weight of an equal volume of another substance, whose specific gravity is assumed... | |
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C.) to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the same temperature, both weights being corrected for the buoyancy of air. 
