 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 378 pages
...100 = 1 10 — 1 TABLE. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 19. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water weighed in air. By this weight are weighed all coarse articles, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...farthings? Also the proof. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 82. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water. By this weight are weighed all coarse articles, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares, and all the metals,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...farthings? Also the proof. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 82. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water. By this weight are weighed all coarse articles, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares, and all the metals,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1848 - 88 pages
...standard 'avoirdupois pound of the United States? The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water. 2. For what is this weight used? By this weight are weighed all coarse articles, such as hay, grain,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...DENOMINATION OF NUMBERS. TABLE. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 19. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water weighed in air. By this weight are weighed all coarse articles, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares,... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1857 - 608 pages
...Comparison of the weights of different countries : The standard avoirdupois pound of the the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of maximum density (39°. 83), the barometer being at 30 inches.... | |
 | John Gibbon - Artillery - 1860 - 658 pages
...other, MEASURES OF WEIGHT. Avoirdupois Weight. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of the maximum density (39°. 83), the barometer being at 30 inches.... | |
 | Henry Lee Scott - History - 1861 - 674 pages
...bushels. MEASURES OF WEIGHT. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of the maximum density, (39°,83 ;) the barometer being at 30 inches.... | |
 | Adolph Ott (chemist.) - Candles - 1867 - 200 pages
...MEASURES OF WEIGHT. TABLE X. AVOIKDTTPOIS "WEIGHT. The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water (1 gallon contains 231 cubic inches), weighed in air, at the temperature of the maximum density (39.83°... | |
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The standard avoirdupois pound of the United States, as determined by Mr. Hassler, is the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water. By this weight are weighed all coarse articles, such as hay, grain, chandlers' wares, and all the metals, except... 