 | Robert Dundas Thomson - Chemistry - 1848 - 296 pages
...these remainders from the greater. Then, as This remainder Is to the weight of the light body in air, So is the specific gravity of water To the specific gravity of the body. V. Specific gracity of a body soluble in water. — When the substance to be examined is soluble in... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Measurement - 1849 - 156 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 body. 1. Apiece of platina weighed 83-1886 pounds out of water, and in water only 79-5717 pounds; required... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...body Heacier than Water. Rule. — 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. NOTE. The most convenient way to obtain the specific gravity,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...both in water and out of 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,...gravity of water to the specific gravity of the body. But if the body whose specific gravity is required is lighter than water, affix to it another body... | |
 | John Radford Young - Measurement - 1850 - 294 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. For example. A piece of wood weighs 15 pounds out of water, and a piece of copper weighing... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1851 - 374 pages
...and note the difference, which will be the weight lost in water; then, as the weight lost in writer is to the whole weight, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the body. But if the body whose specific gravity is required is lighter than water, affix to it another body... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...Body heavier than WaterROLE. — 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... | |
 | Edward Parrish - Pharmacy - 1856 - 576 pages
...stated : as the weight of a certain bulk of water is to the weight of the same bulk of this liquid so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of this liquid : — 242.5 : 256 : : 1 : 1.055, or thus . ,=1.055. 242*0 I have, though rarely, been able... | |
 | Augustus Frederick Oakes - 1857 - 98 pages
...out of water, and take the difference : then, ai 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. 2. When the body is lighter than water, so that it will not sink, annex to it another body heavier... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - Artillery - 1859 - 426 pages
...water, and take the difference: Then,' — 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 . 2. — When the body is lighter than water, so that it will not sink, annex to it another body heavier... | |
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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. 
