 | Andrew Bell - Mathematics - 1842 - 402 pages
...relations of the weights and volumes of bodies are determined by means of their specific gravities. 68. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to the weight of the same volume of some body assumed as a standard, as of water.... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - Mechanics, Analytic - 1855 - 340 pages
...greatest height of water it will sustain without being overturned. CHAPTER IL SPECIFIC GRAvITY. 403. DBF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the...weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - Mechanics, Analytic - 1855 - 368 pages
...will stand or fall when the water is on a level with the top. CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 403. DBF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the...weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - Mechanics, Analytic - 1863 - 340 pages
...height of water it will sustain without being overturned. CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. , 403. DEF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the...weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken... | |
 | Thomas Wilhelm - English language - 1881 - 676 pages
...gravity is in the inverse proportion to the square of the body's distance from the centre of the earth. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of n body to that of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a standard, usually pure distilled... | |
 | sir Arthur Herbert Church - 1882 - 300 pages
...experiment is to be tried with a piece of lead, and, 3, with a piece of glass, and, 4, with a silver coin. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of any volume of that body to the weight of an equal volume of water. It is expressed by a number which... | |
 | 1882 - 376 pages
...it can be seen what part of the instrument is below the surface of the fluid in which it floats. 7. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of its volume to the weight of the same volume of water. When the instrument is placed in a fluid, the... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - 1883 - 340 pages
...greatest height of water it wili sustain without being overturned. CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 403. DEF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of ait equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity,... | |
 | William Arnold Anthony, Cyrus Fogg Brackett - Physics - 1884 - 276 pages
...again. The difference between the weights in air and in water is the weight of the displaced water, and the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of the displaced water is the specific gravity of the body. If the body will not sink in water, it may... | |
 | Frederick Henry Hatch - Mineralogy - 1892 - 140 pages
...the purpose of easy comparison water is taken as the standard (specific gravity of water = 1 ) ; and the specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of a given volume to the weight of the same volume of water. It is usually determined by weighing the... | |
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The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken as the unit. 
