 | James Renwick - Mechanics - 1832 - 584 pages
...V-) SPECIFIC GRAVITIES. 333 CHAPTER IV. OF SPECIFIC GRAVITIES. 337. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body. In this general sense, it is equivalent to density, which is the relation between the weights of equal... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1837 - 374 pages
...weight to the weight of an equal volume of water ; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of air But a ratio is expressed by a vulgar fraction, whose numerator is the antecedent and whose denominator... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1838 - 376 pages
...and liquids, and common air for gases. Therefore the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 618 pages
...and liquids, and common air for gases. Therefore the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1851 - 492 pages
...liquids, and common air for the gases. Therefore, the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water ; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1858 - 468 pages
...weight to the weight of an equal volume of water ; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of air. But a ratio is expressed by a vulgar fraction, whose numerator is the antecedent. and whose... | |
 | Benjamin Theophilus Moore - Measurement - 1863 - 320 pages
...block of marble is 4 ft. 6 in. long, 3 ft. 2 in. wide, and 2 ft. 6 in. deep ; its specific gravity (or the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water) is 2.638 ; and the weight of a cubic foot of distilled water is 62.5 Ibs. very... | |
 | David Page - Geology - 1865 - 520 pages
...intensity of gravitation at different latitudes. Gravity, Specific. — The Specific Gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a conventional standard. In Britain, the standard usually adopted for solids and liquids is distilled... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 992 pages
...acts. Gravity, Centre of. [CENTRE OF < ! JMY1TY.] Oravlty, Specific. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a conventional standard. The standard usually adopted for this purposs is pure distilled water at a given... | |
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Therefore the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water... 
