 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Rudolph August Witthaus - 1881 - 474 pages
...gravity of a substance, is understood the weight of a given volume of that substance as compared with the weight of an equal volume of some substance taken as a standard of comparison. It is a well-known fact that equal volumes of different substances differ from each... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William John Hopkins - Physics - 1894 - 178 pages
...substance is the number expressing the ratio between the weight of any volume of the substance and the weight of an equal volume of some substance taken as a standard. Water is usually taken as the standard substance, at a temperature of 4° C., and all solids and liquids... | |
 | S. P. Meads - Physics - 1894 - 298 pages
...matter (mass) in a unit volume. Specific gravity is the ratio between the weight of a given body and the weight of an equal volume of some substance taken as a standard. Water (at its greatest density 4° C.) * is taken as the standard for solids and liquids, and air (0°,... | |
 | 1894 - 334 pages
...Density of a liquid by Hate' $ method. (G.) General statements concerning specific gravity and density. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of water at its maximum density. Specific... | |
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