Mining Tables: Being a Comparison of the Units of Weight, Measure, Currency, Mining Area Etc., of Different Countries; Together with Tables, Constants & Other Data Useful to Mining Engineers and Surveyors |
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Page 59 - Henry, which is the induction in a circuit when the electromotive force induced in this circuit is one international volt while the inducing current varies at the rate of one Ampere per second.
Page 57 - Ohm is the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of a length of 106.300 centimeters.
Page 21 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 58 - The volt, which has the value 10s in terms of the centimetre, the gramme, and the second of time, being the electrical pressure that if steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere, and which is represented by -6974 (•}•$$) of the electrical pressure at a temperature of 15° C.
Page 21 - Square Measure. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30J square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre.
Page 21 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 181 - Table of squares, cubes, square roots, and cube roots of numbers from 1 to 1,000: No. Square. Cube. Sq. rt. Cu. rt.
Page 113 - A free miner may obtain only two leases of five miles each for a term of twenty years, renewable in the discretion of the Minister of the Interior. The lessee's right is confined to the submerged bed or bars of the river below low water mark, and subject to the rights of all persons who have, or who may receive entries for bar diggings or bench claims, except on the Saskatchewan River, where the lessee may dredge to high water mark on each alternate leasehold.
Page 183 - Numbers from 1 to 1OOO — continued. No. Square. Cube. Sq. Rt. Cu. Rt. No. Square. Cube. Sq. Rt. Cu. Rt.
Page 87 - The specific density, or specific gravity, of a substance, is the ratio of its density to that of water at 4° C.