 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1851 - 342 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... | |
 | George Beecroft - 1851 - 294 pages
...which the Standard Troy Pound shall contain 5760. STANDARD GALLON. The Standard Gallon shall contain 10 Pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. It shall contain 277^ cubic inches. STANDARD FOR HEAPED... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1851 - 372 pages
...determined by weight, in which case the ' measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avoirdupois 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1852 - 376 pages
...be determined by weight, in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avoirdupois 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1853 - 380 pages
...be determined by weight, in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avoirdupois 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1855 - 366 pages
...be determined by weight, in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avoirdupois 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... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...peck. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon ."contains 10Ib. 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 - 1834 - 340 pages
...Gallonvras 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... | |
 | Andrew Carrick (accountant.) - Ready-reckoners - 1856 - 34 pages
...of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, is declared to be the gallon, containing 10 Ibs, avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and is equal to 277.274 cubic inches. From this measure, which... | |
 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse - Calendar - 1856 - 232 pages
...liquids as for dry goods, not measured by heaped * measure, shall be the gallon, containing 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of [Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches; and such brass measure shall be "the... | |
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10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at 30 inches. The 
