| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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