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" is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains, (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois,) of the standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water, the vessel being weighed in air in which the Barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. The bushel... "
A Collection of Tables and Formulæ Useful in Surveying, Geodesy, and ... - Page 8
by Thomas Jefferson Lee - 1853 - 242 pages
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Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System

William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade - Metric system - 1906 - 332 pages
...for liquid and the bushel for dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58,372'2 grains (8'3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard pound of distilled...62° Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543,391-89 standard grains (77'6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water at the temperature of maximum...
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Service Monographs of the United States Government, Issue 35

Brookings Institution. Institute for Government Research - United States - 1925 - 326 pages
...States by Hassler. Units of Capacity: The gallon for liquid measure was a vessel containing 58,372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard...vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer was 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This was the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches introduced in England...
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The Bureau of Standards: Its History, Activities and Organization

Gustavus Adolphus Weber - Administrative agencies - 1925 - 334 pages
...States by Hassler. Units of Capacity: The gallon for liquid measure was a vessel containing 58,372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard...vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer was 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This was the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches introduced in England...
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Conversion to the Metric System of Weights and Measures: Hearings, Ninety ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development - Metric system - 1973 - 690 pages
...dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58,372.2 standard grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum...which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This gallon is the wine gallon of approximately 231 cubic inches introduced by Henry VII. The bushel...
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Conversion to the Metric System of Weights and Measures: Hearings, Ninety ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development - Metric system - 1973 - 682 pages
...dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58.372.2 standard grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum...which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This gallon is the wine gallon of approximately 231 cubic inches introduced by Henry VII. The bushel...
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Congressional Serial Set

United States - 662 pages
...are the gallon for liquid, and the bushel for dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 68372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard...measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pound's avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water, and barometer...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics - Astronautics - 1670 pages
...dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58,372.2 standard grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum...which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. This gallon is the wine gallon of approximately 231 cubic inches introduced by Henry VII. The bushel...
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