 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Engineering - 1866 - 356 pages
...(see page 104), in which case it is equal to the heaviness,— or the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases the term " Density"... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine, Edward Fisher Bamber - Mechanical engineering - 1873 - 368 pages
...unit of volume, in which case it is equal to the heaviness, — or the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases, the term THE INTENSITY... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Machinery - 1873 - 620 pages
...unit of volume, in which case it is equal to the heaviness, — or the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases, the term •' Density... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Mechanical engineering - 1873 - 356 pages
...unit of volume, in which case it is equal to the heaviness, — or the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases, the term " Density"... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - 1883 - 454 pages
...(see page 104), in which case it is equal to the heaviness, — or the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases the term " Density"... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanics, Applied - 1892 - 300 pages
...(ie, weight of unit volume of substance in unit weight) ; or it is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, i which case it is equal to the specific gravity. sequently sheets of gold are procurable of less than... | |
 | Richard Glazebrook - Matter - 1893 - 208 pages
...of the weight of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of water, or the ratio of the mass of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water ; for, let W, M, w', M' be weights and masses respectively of a volume, V, of the substance and of... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanics, Applied - 1894 - 350 pages
...(ie, weight of unit volume of substance in unit weight) ; or it is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. sequently sheets of gold are procurable of less... | |
 | Louis Winslow Austin, Charles Burton Thwing - Physics - 1895 - 222 pages
...water at 4° C. Hence density or specific gravity may be denned in these units as the ratio of the mass of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water. (6). Correction for Loss of Weight in Air. — In all accurate determinations the reading of the barometer... | |
 | Andrew Gray - 1901 - 740 pages
...relation between specific gravity and density is evident. Let W be the weight of a body, w the weight of an equal volume of water at its temperature of maximum density.* Then if G be the specific gravity, we have W=Gw. (23) But W = Vp where V is the volume of the body... | |
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... the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water, in which case it is equal to the specific gravity. In its application to gases, the term 
