 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 pages
...1 = 4 = 8 = 32 1=2= 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°.83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit.... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...quarts make 1 gallon. gal. The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, •which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains, (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois,) of the standard pound of distilled water,at the temperature of 39°.83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1857 - 808 pages
...vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard pound of distilled Avater, at the temperature of maximum density of water, the...is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water, and... | |
 | 34th Congress 3d Session - 1857 - 226 pages
...are the gallon for liquid, and the bushel for dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58372,2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 82° Fahrenheit, The.bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 388 pages
...4 = 8 = 32 1 = 2 =. 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39 e ». 83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62°... | |
 | American Chemical Society - Chemistry - 1887 - 250 pages
...another paper. THE UNITED STATES GALLON. "The gallon is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.338^ pounds avoirdupois) of the standard pound of distilled...in air in which the barometer is 30. inches at 62° F. '* —(See report on "Weights and Measures," by Secretary of the Treasury, Senate Doc., 1857.) This... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - Money - 1885 - 152 pages
...subject from another point of view. In the laws of the United States the American gallon is described as "a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit." 1 The vessel thus described is kept in the United States States Treasury building at Washington, and... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - Money - 1885 - 148 pages
...subject from another point of view. In the laws of the United States the American gallon is described as "a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit." 1 The vessel thus described is kept in the United States States Treasury building at Washington, and... | |
 | Materia medica - 1888 - 256 pages
...preparations. rrii THE UNITED STATES GALLON. ВУ PROF. WP MASON. IHE gallon is a vessel containing 58,372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard...in air in which the barometer is 30 inches, at 62° F. " (See report on '' Weights and Measures " by Secretary of the Treasury, Senate doc. 1857.) This... | |
 | Science - 1892 - 444 pages
...is between the 27th and 63d inches of the scale." "Thegallon is a vesssel containing58372.2 grains of the standard pound of distilled water; at the temperature...in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° F." "The standard of weight is the troy pound, copied by Captain Kater in 1827 from the imperial troy... | |
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is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains, (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois,) of the standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water, the vessel being weighed in air in which the Barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel... 
