...find its volume in cubic miles. MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS SPECIFIC GRAVITY The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. 1. Explain why wood floats and why stone sinks in water. 2. Find the specific gravity...

...two parts having equal pressures. Ex. 369. The specific gravity of a body, or its relative density,, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of standard water (distilled water at 4° C.). The principle of the buoyant, effort gives a...

...2) \ DENSITY AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY COMPARED 70. Specific Gravity. — Tlie specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. If, for example, a cubic inch of lead weighs 11.36 times as much as a cubic inch of...

...two parts having equal pressures. Ex. 369. The specific gravity of a body, or its relative density, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of standard water (distilled water at 4° C.). The principle of the buoyant effort gives a method...

...whence m = dv, and v = — • vd (Equation 2) 70. Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. If, for example, a cubic inch of lead weighs 11.36 times as much as a cubic inch of...

...of a cubic inch of mercury compare with the weight of a cubic inch of water? (Specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water.) 3. According to your measurements, how many cubic inches of water would be required...

...the ease with which it is scratched with a knife blade. Specific gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The weight of water (62.5 pounds per cubic foot) is taken as one. Thus metallic lead...

...cork is —-— = 0.24. Specific gravity is given as a 62. o decimal. The specific gravity of a gas is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of either air or hydrogen, at the same pressure as the gas. Thus, the specific gravity of coal-gas...

...is the determining factor in the value of coal. Specific gravity. — The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water at 4° C. When the average specific gravity of a quantity of coal is known the space...

...permanent record of the readings made for future reference. The specific gravity of the electrolyte is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. Acid is heavier than water, and hence the heavier the electrolyte, the more acid it...