 | Cuthbert William Johnson - Agricultural chemistry - 1844 - 1210 pages
...the standard measure of capacity, and is directed to be made such as to contain 10 Ib.s. avoirdupois of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit'* thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches, or to contain 277 cubic inches, and... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...shall fie" Derived and computed ; that this Troy pound is equal to the weight of 25.915 cubic inches of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature...of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being1 at 30 inches ; and that there beinflffifif^ ffrain,s ipa f there will be 7000 such grains in... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 252 pages
...pint. 2 pints make 1 quart. 2 quarts make 1 pottle. 2 pottles make 1 gallon. 2 gallons make 1 peck. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms...inches. TIME MEASURE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute. miii. 60 minutes make 1 hour. h. 24 hours make 1 day. dy. 7 days make 1 week. . 30 days make 1 month.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1849 - 162 pages
...abolished. The 'Imperial Gallon,* contains 10 As. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in water at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. All measures are to be taken in parts or certain portions of the ' Imperial Gallon:' the quart to be... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 388 pages
...in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avairdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer'^eing at 30 inches. For a standard of weights, the law of England makes the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avairdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. The Act of Parliament which brought the standards of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1851 - 374 pages
...determined by weight, in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. For a standard of weights, the law of England makes the... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1853 - 276 pages
...length, in the following manner: According to the act, the imperial standard gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at 30 inches. The pound avoirdupois contains 7,000 troy... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...pint. 2 pints make 1 quart. 2 quarts make 1 pottle. 2 potties make 1 gallon. 2 gallons make 1 peck. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms...inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic inches. 14. TIME MEASURE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute. min. 60 minutes make 1 hour. h. 24 hours make 1... | |
 | Robert Slater - 1855 - 156 pages
...this scientific maxim, the law declares, that 10 1bs. Avoirdupois shall be the standard of one gallon of distilled water, " weighed in air at the temperature...of " Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being 30 inches." The Avoirdupois pound, therefore, becomes the index of capacity and extension as well as... | |
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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... 
