 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...make 1 bushel. bu. 36 bushels of coal make 1 chaldron. chal. The United States standard is the bushel measure, containing 543391.89 standard grains, (77.6274...Avoirdupois,) of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°.83 Fahrenheit, and barometer 30 inches at 62" Fahrenheit. This corresponds very nearly with the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1857 - 808 pages
...30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature...water, and barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. brass was derived from his experiments made at Newark in 1817, recorded in the second volume new series... | |
 | United States - 1857 - 794 pages
...30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature...water, and barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. brass was derived from his experiments made at Newark in 1817, recorded in the second volume new series... | |
 | 34th Congress 3d Session - 1857 - 226 pages
...30 inches at 82° Fahrenheit, The.bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature...water, and barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. brass was derived from Ms experiments made at Newark in 181Ļ, recorded in the second volume new series... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1857 - 388 pages
...and Pints. bu. pīc. qt. pt. I = 4 = 32 = 64 1= 8= 16 •1=2 The United States standard is the bushel measure, containing 543391.89 standard grains, (77.6274...Avoirdupois,) of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°.83 Fahrenheit, and barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This corresponds very nearly with the... | |
 | John Caldwell Tidball - Gunnery - 1881 - 686 pages
...gallon is the wine-gallon, of 231 cubic inches, nearly ; and the bushel, the Winchester bushel, nearly. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard...grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, weighed as above. WEIGHTS AND VOLUMES OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES. METALS. WOODS. SUBSTANCES. Brass \ Copper... | |
 | William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade - Metric system - 1906 - 332 pages
...30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543,391-89 standard grains (77'6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water at the temperature...density of water was determined by Mr. Hassler to be 39'85° Fahrenheit. The standard of weight is the Troy pound copied by Captain Kater in 1827 from the... | |
 | Brookings Institution. Institute for Government Research - United States - 1925 - 326 pages
...England in 1707, but abolished by that country in 1824. The bushel was a measure containing 543,391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled...water, and barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This standard bushel of 2150.42 cubic inches was the Winchester bushel which, like the wine gallon,... | |
 | Gustavus Adolphus Weber - Administrative agencies - 1925 - 334 pages
...but abolished by that country in 1824. The bushel was a measure containing 543,391.89 standard graias (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at...water, and barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This standard bushel of 2150.42 cubic inches was the Winchester bushel which, like the wine gallon,... | |
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The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water, and Barometer 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The gallon is thus the Wine gallon (of 231 cubic... 
