| Charles Loudon Bloxam - Chemistry - 1867 - 712 pages
...gravities of liquid and solid bodies are referred. (DEP. — The specific gravity of a liquid or solid body is its weight as compared with that of an equal volume of pure water at 60s F., 15°'Г> С.) AVater assumes tho solid form, under ordinary circumstances, at... | |
| Richard Dennis Hoblyn - Medicine - 1878 - 752 pages
...pure air of the same temperature and pressure. 2. The specific fjraviíy of и liquid or solid body is its weight, as compared with that of an equal volume of pure water at (-03 Fahr. 1. Specific gravity bottle. A light bottle containing exactly 1000 grains... | |
| William Jerome Harrison - Geology - 1897 - 368 pages
...determined. Specific Gravity of Minerals. — It is important to know the specific gravity of a mineral, ie its weight as compared with that of an equal volume of water. This is done by weighing the mineral first in air, and then when suspended in water by a slender thread.... | |
| William Kent - Engineering - 1907 - 1206 pages
...proportionately. (See Jour. Am. Cliem. Sue.. Jiarch, 1896.) The Rare Elements (27). SPECIFIC GRAVITY. The specific gravity of a substance is its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of pure water. To find, the specific gravity of a substance. W = weight... | |
| Thomas Hansom Cockin - Coal mines and mining - 1904 - 456 pages
...employed. Produce of Coal-seams.—The specific gravity of ordinary bituminous coal averages about i'a8. The specific gravity of a substance is its weight as compared with an equal bulk of water; and as a cubic foot of water weighs 6z - 5 lbs., the weight of a cubic foot... | |
| Jabez Montgomery, Roy Burnett Smith - Chemistry - 1904 - 440 pages
...applied to many other elements and their atomic weights calculated in the same way. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. The specific gravity of a substance is its weight as compared with the weight of an equal volume of another substance taken as a unit. The standard for gases is hydrogen... | |
| Paper industry - 1905 - 826 pages
...divide the percentage or weight of absolutely dry fibre by 90 and multiply by 100. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. The specific gravity of a substance Is Its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of water. For example, a cubic foot of wrought iron weighs about 480 pounds,... | |
| William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1906 - 364 pages
...there in a shipment of 1000 tubs, each holding 121 Kg. of lard? 15. A large dredge removed 4500 eu. m. of mud per hour at a cost of 3 pfennigs per cubic...SOLUTION 1 1. of water weighs 1 Kg. ; 1 1. of milk weighs \ of 2.06 Kg., or 1.03 Kg. Therefore the specific gravity of milk is 1.03. Find the specific gravity... | |
| 1906 - 670 pages
...in the manufacture of gunpowder. APPENDIX TO SEVENTH LESSON. Specific gravity of a liquid or a solid is its weight as compared with that of an equal volume of water at a temperature of 60° Fahr. As the density of all bodies varies with the temperature, the comparison... | |
| T. H. Cockin - Coal mines and mining - 1906 - 462 pages
...employed. Produce of Coal-seams. — The specific gravity of ordinary bituminous coal averages about I.aS. The specific gravity of a substance is its weight as compared with an equal bulk of water ; and as a cubic foot of water weighs 62-5 Ibs., the weight of a cubic foot... | |
| |