 | James Clerk Maxwell - Science - 1871 - 346 pages
...of unit of mass of a substance. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY. — The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water. Since the specific gravity of a body is the ratio of two things of the same kind,... | |
 | Sir George Greenhill - Mathematics - 1876 - 318 pages
...body, is measured by the number of units of mass in the unit of volume. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water. Let a be the correction for the buoyancy of the weights P and P' in air; vr, dt the... | |
 | Henry Adams - Mechanical engineering - 1891 - 338 pages
...of the whole." Used chiefly in finding line of resistance in arches. 36. SPECIFIC GRAVITY Of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water or air. The standard for solids is pure distilled water at 60° Fahr., weighing 1000... | |
 | Alexander Ziwet - Mechanics, Analytic - 1893 - 204 pages
...pounds, or 1000 ounces, the density of water is 62 ^ times the unit density. The specific density, or specific gravity, of a substance, is the ratio of its density to that of water at 4° C. Let p be the density, p' the specific density, M the mass, V the volume of a homogeneous... | |
 | John Greaves - Hydrostatics - 1894 - 240 pages
...density of a substance has been defined as the mass contained in a unit volume ; hence it follows that the specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its density to that of the standard substance. For the ratio between the weights of equal volumes of the substance and the... | |
 | Evan William Small - Earth - 1894 - 260 pages
...heavier air. The quantity of matter contained in a unit volume of any substance is termed its density. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its density to the density of some standard substance, such as water. The density of gases is usually very small compared... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - Physics - 1895 - 618 pages
...the substance and the wei•/ht of a like volume of some other substance taken as a standard; ie, it is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance. For solids and liquids, the standard is distilled water at its temperature of maximum density (4°... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - Physics - 1895 - 630 pages
...of the substance and the weight of a like volume of some other substance taken as a standard; ie, it is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance. For solids and liquids, the standard is distilled water at its temperature of maximum density (4°... | |
 | Alexander Ziwet - Mechanics, Analytic - 1904 - 522 pages
...or 1,000 ounces, the density of water is about 62 J times the unit density. The specific density, or specific gravity, of a substance, is the ratio of its density to that of water at 4° C. Let p be the density, pl the specific density, M the mass, V the volume of a homogeneous... | |
 | Alexander Ziwet - Mechanics, Analytic - 1906 - 518 pages
...ounces, the density of water is about 62 \ times the unit density. The specific density, or specifrc gravity, of a substance, is the ratio of its density to that of water at 4° C. Let p be the density, p, the specific density, Mthe mass, Fthe volume of a homogeneous... | |
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The specific density, or specific gravity, of a substance, is the ratio of its density to that of water at 4° C. 
