 | George Anthony Hill - Physics - 1880 - 204 pages
...base of which is the Troy Pound. The Imperial Gallon is a measure of volume or capacity which will contain 10 pounds, avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at 62° F., the barometer at 30 inches. The Imperial Sitshel is also a measure of capacity, and is equal... | |
 | Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...well for 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... | |
 | 1827 - 328 pages
...of 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1895 - 526 pages
...CAPACITY. 324. The Imperial standard gallon for liquids and all dry substances, is a measure that will contain 10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at G2° Fahrenheit, the barometer at 30 inches. It contains 277.274 cubic inches. 325. The Imperial standard... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 582 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° Fahr., the barometer being at 30 inches. The official measurement of this quantity of water measured... | |
 | Charles Morris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1921 - 484 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° Fahr., the barometer being at 30 inches. The official measurement of this quantity of water measured... | |
 | Thomas Edward Finegan - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1922 - 500 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° Fahr., the barometer being at 30 inches. The official measurement of this quantity of water measured... | |
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10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches. 
