 Specific Gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of the substance to the weight of the...  Higher Arithmetic - Page 286by John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1917 - 314 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis James Jameson - Mathematics - 1851 - 144 pages
...cubic foot of water weighs 1000 oz.; find the edge of a cubical block of coal which weighs 2000 tons. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of any portion of its volume to that of an equal vohime of some standard substance whose specific gravity... | |
 | Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. - 1860 - 754 pages
...gravity. It is evidently a constant quantity, and does not vary with the intensity of gravity. (69.) Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its absolute weight to that of an equal volume of pure water at 4° 0. and at the same locality. If... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Philosophy - 1877 - 452 pages
...and zinc. 440. Hitherto we have considered the specific gravity of any substance to be the proportion of the weight of that substance to the weight of an equal volume of the standard substance. But we may shew that this is the same thing as the proportion of the velume... | |
 | Claudius Saunier - Clock and watch industry - 1881 - 590 pages
...number in brackets after 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... | |
 | 1882 - 376 pages
...act at the base of the ladder, and be drawn to the point of intersection of the two other forces. 8. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a certain volume of the substance to the weight of the same volume of water. If a body floats with... | |
 | 1883 - 248 pages
...construction the point in 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.... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1882 - 446 pages
...lighter than iron, it is evident that we are comparing the densities of these two substances. § 63. Specific gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the density of that substance to the density of another substance assumed as a standard; in other words,... | |
 | Sir Philip Magnus (bart.) - 1882 - 192 pages
...gravity of a substance is very often said to be measured by the ratio of the weight of a given volume of that substance to the weight of an equal volume of some standard substance ; and in considering solid and liquid bodies, water at 4° C. is taken as the standard... | |
 | Geology - 1920 - 128 pages
...of a mineral can be closely approximated by the ease with which it is scratched with a knife blade. Specific gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The weight of water (62.5 pounds per cubic foot)... | |
 | Ferdinand Gerhard Wiechmann - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical - 1893 - 260 pages
...shall become firmly established on a mathematical basis. CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. Definition of Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its mass to the mass of an equal volume of some other substance taken as unity. Standards of Specific... | |
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