 | Andrew Bell - Mathematics - 1842 - 402 pages
...volumes of bodies are determined by means of their specific gravities. 68. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to the weight of the same volume of some body assumed as a standard, as of water. Thus, if the weight of a cubic inch... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 numbers... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1881 - 446 pages
...Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water. Square root. One of two equal factors. • Stock. Capital invested... | |
 | 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. The volume... | |
 | 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 i... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - Arithmetic - 1882 - 376 pages
...Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water. Square root. One of two equal factors. Stock Capital invested in... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1886 - 392 pages
...Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water. Square root. One of two equal factors. Stock. Capital invested in... | |
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Specific Gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of the substance to the weight of the... 
