 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 pages
...= 4 = 8 = 32 1 = 2 = 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°.83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Lee - Astronomy - 1853 - 288 pages
...deposited. This pound is a standard at 30 inches of the Barometer and 62° of the Fahrenheit Thermometer. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid...weighed in air in which the Barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Lee - Astronomy - 1853 - 268 pages
...deposited. This pound is a standard at 30 inches of the Barometer and 62 of the Fahrenheit Thermometer. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid...avoirdupois,) of the standard pound of distilled water, at the tempera ture of maximum density of water, the vessel being weighed in air in which the Barometer is... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...gallons make 1 hogshead. hhd. The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains, (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois,} of the standard pound of distilled water,at the temperature of 39°. 83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer... | |
 | 34th Congress 3d Session - 1857 - 226 pages
...for expansion in one yard 0,000,378,325,08 of an inch for one degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer. 2. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid,...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 82° Fahrenheit, The. bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1857 - 808 pages
...for expansion in one yard 0.000,378,325,08 of an inch for one degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer. 2. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid,...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 388 pages
...4 = 8 = 32 1 = 2 =. 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°. 83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit.... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase, Phiny Earie Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 394 pages
...1 = 4 = 8 = 32 1=2= 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39».83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62" Fahrenheit.... | |
 | Maryland - Law - 1870 - 908 pages
...for expansion in one yard 0.000,378,325,08 of an inch for one degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer. 2. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid,...temperature of maximum density of water, the vessel heing weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. 3. The standard of weight... | |
 | Henri Barré (prof. at Nancy.) - 1873 - 334 pages
...countries, are expressed in square miles. The following are the relations of square measure: Afeasure of Capacity. The units of capacity measure are the...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
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The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid, and the bushel for dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water,... 
