 Therefore the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water...  Book III - Page 84by George William Myers - 1908Full view - About this book
 | George William Myers, Sarah Catherine Brooks - Arithmetic - 1903 - 424 pages
...point. 214. The distanoe round a circle is sometimes called the circumference of th« circle. 217. The specific gravity of any solid or liquid substance...its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of water. 219. Decimals that do not terminate are called non-terminating decimals. Non-terminating decimals that... | |
 | Nevada Bureau of Mines - Mines and mineral resources - 1904 - 1040 pages
...by using a suitable prism of stone, laid crosswise on supports. b. The specific gravity of a stone is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The common term "weight" is used in practice, and is similar but not the same, as... | |
 | William Schoch - Geometry - 1904 - 152 pages
...Arrange in order and represent these measurements by a diagram. 2. The specific gravity of a solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. Thus, 7.86, the specific gravity of iron, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk,... | |
 | John Allen Reid - Building stones - 1904 - 72 pages
...by using a suitable prism of stone, laid crosswise on supports. b. The specific gravity of a stone is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The common term "weight" is used in practice, and is similar but not the same, as... | |
 | Elmer Adelbert Lyman - Arithmetic - 1905 - 270 pages
...ratio of the volumes of two spheres is equal to what ? 220. Specific Gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other substance taken as a standard. 221. Distilled water at its maximum density, 4°... | |
 | George William Myers - 1906 - 440 pages
...pounds of weight per inch of height to 2 decimal places. Are these numbers the same for all ages? §134. Specific Gravity. The specific gravity of any solid...liquid substance is the ratio of its weight to the- weigtit of an equal bulk of water. The weight of a cubic foot of water is 62.5 pounds. 1. The following... | |
 | Joseph Albertus Culler - Physics - 1906 - 440 pages
...by the weight of 1 cc Hence, 100X60X50X4 = 1000kg. 138. Specific Gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of a standard substance. The standard substance for solids and liquids is pure water at the... | |
 | George William Myers, Sarah Catherine Brooks - Arithmetic - 1907 - 432 pages
...The distance round a circle is sometimes called the circumference of the circle. (C/. p. 89.) 179. The specific gravity of any solid or liquid substance...its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of water. 181. Decimals that do not terminate are called non-terminating decimals. Non-terminating decimals that... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1907 - 568 pages
...This gives the weight of water displaced by the light body alone, and, as before, its specific gravity is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. DYNAMICS OF FLUIDS L V,a. 132 (2) Liquids. The specific-yravity bottle. This in one... | |
 | Jacob William Albert Young, Lambert Lincoln Jackson - Algebra - 1908 - 460 pages
...ratio of the number of feet moved to the number of seconds required. The specific gravity of a solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The rate of interest on an investment is the ratio of the number of dollars of interest... | |
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