| Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...gallon. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 318 pages
...Gallonwas established, as well for liquids as for dry substances. The Imperial gallon must contain " 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches." This quantity of water will be found... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 300 pages
...Gallunv/ss established, as well for liquids as for dry substances. The Imperial gallon must contain " 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at30 inches." This quantity of water will be found... | |
| Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 244 pages
...gallon. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled •water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic... | |
| Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 252 pages
...4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 coorns make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1849 - 304 pages
...Gallon was established, as well for liquids as for dry substances. The Imperial gallon must contain " 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches." This quantity of water will be found... | |
| Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1849 - 944 pages
...exactness. The standard gallon is determined by the act to be such measure as shall contain 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62". of Fahr., the barometer being at 30 inches, to be used as well for wine, beer, ale, spirits, and all... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 388 pages
...in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, aveirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer'^being at 30 inches. The Act of Parliament which brought the standards of... | |
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 316 pages
...Gallon\vas established, as well for liquids as for dry substances. The Imperial gallon must contain " 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches." This quantity of water will be found... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avairdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. The Act of Parliament which brought the standards of... | |
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