 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...weight in air. Then as the difference in these remainders is to the weight of the light body in air, So is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the body. EXAMPLE. Suppose a piece of elm weighs in air 15 pounds, and that a piece of copper which weighs 18 pounds in... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1833 - 310 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 the body. EXAMPLE. A piece of stone weighed in air 10 pounds, but in water only 6| pounds. Required its specific gravity. 10 6* 3* : 10 :: 1000... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 662 pages
...»• the specific gravity of water. That is, 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.* EXAMPLI:. If a piece of stone weigh lOib, but in water only 6jlb, required its specific gravity, that... | |
 | Thomas Duché Mitchell - Chemistry - 1832 - 582 pages
...the weight of the water, equal in bulk to that of the solid, is to the weight of the solid itself, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the solid. Thus, suppose the solid to weigh one hundred grains in air, and sixty grains in water, the difference... | |
 | James Hann, Isaac Dodds - Mechanics - 1833 - 234 pages
...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 Ihs.;... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...which will be the weight lost in water. 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. EXAMPLES. 1. If a stone weigh 10/6., but in water only 7, required its specific gravity. Ans. 3333... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...which will be the weight \6st in water. Then, as the weight iost in water is to the whole or absolute weight, so is the specific gravity of water to the specific gravity of the body. EXAJIPLES. 1. If a stone weigh Wlb., but in water only 7, required its specific gravity. Ans. 3333... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...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. CASE III. For a fluid of any kind. Weigh a body of known specific gravity both in the... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Measurement - 1835 - 308 pages
...out of water, and the difference will be the weight lost in the water Then, as the weight los1 in the water, is to the whole weight, So is the specific...gravity of the body. EXAMPLE. A piece of stone weighed in air 10 pounds, but in water only 6f pounds. Required its specific gravity. 10 3i : 10 : : 1000 i... | |
 | Science - 1837 - 594 pages
...weigh it both in water and out of water. Then say, As the loss of weight in water Is to the absolute weight, So is the specific gravity of water To the specific gravity of the body. Thus, if a piece of stone weigh 10 lbs. in air, but in water only 6f lbs., then 10 - 6'75 = 3-25, the... | |
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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. 
