 | Charles Elsee - Arithmetic - 1866 - 300 pages
...dekal, liectol, &c.). Compared with our common system, 5 litres are about equal to a gallon. 55. — The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water; and the series ascends and descends, as before, by the dekagram,... | |
 | John Attfield - Chemistry - 1871 - 568 pages
...Capacity. — The Unity of Capacity is the LITRE, which is the Cube of a Tenth Part of a Metre. Weight. — The Unit of Weight is the GRAM, which is the Weight of that quantity of distilled water, at its maximum density, which fills a Cube of the One-hundredth part... | |
 | 1873 - 630 pages
...Capacity. — The Unity of Capacity is the LITRE, which is the Cube of a Tenth Part of a Metre. Weight. — The Unit of Weight is the GRAM, which is the Weight of that quantity of distilled water, at its maximum density (4° C.), which fills a Cube of the One-hundredth... | |
 | John Attfield - Chemistry - 1876 - 702 pages
...Capacitif. — The Unity of Capacity is the LITRE, which is the Cube of a Tenth Part of a Metre. Weight.— The Unit of Weight is the GRAM, which is the Weight of that quantity of distilled water, at its maximum density 4° C.) which fills a Cube of the Oue-huudredth... | |
 | Nathan Haskell Dole - Russia - 1883 - 616 pages
...milliliters = 1.06 US quarts. 10 liters = i dekaliter, 10 dekaliters = i hektoliter = about 3 bushels. The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of one cubic centimeter of distilled water at the freezing point. • I gram = 10 decigrams = 100 centigrams... | |
 | Calvin G. Hutchinson - Accounting - 1883 - 248 pages
...millimeters by taking 3.1416 as the ratio of the circumference to the diameter. SECTION 8. — Weight. 171. The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. Equal in Vol. of Water. One-thonsandth of... | |
 | Henry Sturmey - Photography - 1894 - 1088 pages
...the table of lengths. The cubic meter is the unit of measure for solid bodies, and is termed STERE. The unit of weight is the GRAM, which is the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure water weighed in a vacuum at the temperature of 4 deg. Cent, or 39^2 dcg.... | |
 | Albrecht Zimmermann - Botanical chemistry - 1893 - 320 pages
...length. The unit of capacity is the liter, whose volume is that of one cubic decimeter or 1000 ccm. The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of one cubic centimeter of water at 4° C. The centigrade or Celsius' thermometer has for its zero the... | |
 | Washington Irving Lincoln Adams - Photography - 1893 - 114 pages
...the table of lengths. The cubic meter is the unit of measure for solid bodies, and is termed STERE. The unit of weight is the GRAM, which Is the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure water weighed in a vacuum at the temperature of 4 degrees Centigrade or... | |
 | John Hornby - Gas - 1894 - 320 pages
...this is the " unit of length." The " unit of measure " is the " litre," which is 1 cubic decimetre. The " unit of weight " is the gram, which is the weight of 1 cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. Specific Gravity. Per Specific Gravity. Per cent. S.... | |
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weight is the GRAM, which is the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure water weighed in a vacuum at the temperature of 4 deg. 
