 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...Body heavier than WaterRULE. — Weigh it both in and out of water, and take the difference ; then, as the weight lost in water is to the whole weight, so is 1000 to the specific gravity of the body. EXAMPLE. — What is the specific gravity of a stone which... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Geometry - 1845 - 506 pages
...in air. Then say, as the difference of these remainders is to the weight of the lighter body in air, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the lighter body. Ex. 1. Suppose a piece of elm weighs 12 Ibs. in air, and that a piece of metal, which... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - 1845 - 894 pages
...in air. Then say, as the difference of these remainders is to the weight of the lighter body in air, so is the specific gravity of •water to the specific gravity of the lighter body. Ex. 1. Suppose a piece of elm weighs 12 Ibs. in air, and that a piece of metal, which... | |
 | 1845 - 1014 pages
...occupied by the powder. Then, as the weight of the deficiency of water is to the weight of the powder, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the powder. To illustrate this by an example : a specific-gravity bot tie was taken, capable of holding... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...in air. Then say, as the difference of these remainders is to the weight of the lighter body in air, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the lighter body. Ex. 1. Suppose a piece of elm weighs 12 Ibs. in air, and that a piece of metal, which... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...water. 3d. Then say, as the difference of these losses is to the weight of the lighter body in the air, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the lighter body. EXAMPLES. 1. A piece of elm weighs 15 Ibs. in open air. A piece of copper which weighs... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1847 - 336 pages
...water and ottt of the water, and note the difference, which will be the weight lost in water; then, as the weight lost in water, is to the whole weight,...specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of Jhe body. But if lke body, whose specific gravity is required, is lighter than water, affix to it another... | |
 | James Wharton - 1847 - 224 pages
...water of the same dimensions ; then the weight lost in water, is to the absolute weight of the body, as is the specific gravity of water, to the specific gravity of the body. Ex. 1. A piece of platina weighs 83-1886 Ibs. in the open air, and 79-5717 Ibs. in water; what is its... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1848 - 320 pages
...of water, and the difference will be the weight lost in the water. Then, as the weight lost in the water, is to the whole weight, So is the specific gravity of water, to the specific gravity of the bodv. EXAMPLE. A piece of stone weighed in air 10 pounds, but in water only 6} pounds. Required its... | |
 | James Hann - Mechanics - 1848 - 352 pages
...it both in and out of water, and then say, As the weight lost in water, Is to the whole or absolute weight ; So is the specific gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body. Ex. — Required the specific gravity of a piece of tin which weighs 23 Ibs. but in water only 20 Ibs.... | |
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Then say, As the weight lost in water, Is to the whole weight> So is the specific gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body. 
