 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1875 - 218 pages
...following weight in grains of distilled water, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches ; viz. : — 7,000, 4,000, 2,000, 1,000 prains. 500, 500, 200, 100 i(rains. 50, ."0, 20, 10 srains.... | |
 | Robert Potts - Arithmetic - 1876 - 389 pages
...this measure all other measures shall be derived. That the imperial gallon shall contain ten pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in...Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. That a measure shall be made of brass, of such contents, and shall be the imperial standard gallon... | |
 | Robert Potts - Arithmetic - 1876 - 392 pages
...this measure all other measures shall be derived. That the imperial gallon shall contain ten pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in...Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. That a measure shall be mado of brass, of such contents, and shall be the imperial standard gallon... | |
 | R. E - 1877 - 164 pages
...liquids as of dry goods not measured by heaped measure, shall be the gallon, containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches ; and that a measure... | |
 | Canada - Session laws - 1879 - 462 pages
...Imperial standard is 479-99197 grains when both are weighed in vacuo, and 480'03648 grains when both are weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, for which due allowance is to be made when comparing other standards. PART II. PARLIAMENTARY COPIES... | |
 | Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...Liquids as for dry Goods not measured by Heaped Measure, shall be the Gallon., containing Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at Thirty Inches ; and that a Measure... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 pages
...standard measure is declared by the act of 1824 to be the imperial gallon, which should contain 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62" Fanr. , the barometer being at 30 inches. The omcial measurement of this quantity of water measured... | |
 | 1827 - 328 pages
...capacity be the gallon, under the pame of the Imperial standard gallon; and that it contain ten pounds, avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62°, the barometer being at 30 inches, and that this be the unit, and only standard measure of capacity.... | |
 | Royal Society of South Australia - Science - 1885 - 772 pages
...The only legal unit for the sale of gas by meter shall be the cubic foot, containing 62'321 pounds weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Far., the barometer being at 30 in." And the next clause provides for the construction of this and... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Annandale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1901 - 578 pages
...standard measure is declared by the act of 1 824 to be the imperial gallon, which should contain 10 Ibs, avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62" Fahr., the barometer being at 30 inches. The official measurement of this quantity of water measured... | |
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Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at Thirty Inches... 
