 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 658 pages
...gallons of England, with their multiples and divisions. This imperial gallon was made to contain 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62" Far., the barometer standing at 30 inches. It has a capacity, therefore, of 277.274 cubic inches. Some... | |
 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 632 pages
...gallons of England, with their multiples and divisions. This imperial gallon was made to contain 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Far., the barometer standing at 30 inches. It has a capacity, therefore, of 277.274 cubic inches. Some... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 536 pages
...measure of capacity for all liquids, and dry goods not measured by heaping, shall be a gallon containing 10 pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 60° Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches ; that the quart shall be the fourth... | |
 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse - Calendar - 1864 - 218 pages
...of capacity be constructed; the definition of the gallon as ' the capacity which contains 10 pounds' weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches,' as specified in the act 5 Geo. IV., being still retained.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...for liquids as for grain, seeds, fruits, etc., shall be the Imperial Standard Gallon, containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of 02' of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer* being at 30 inches, the bulk of such water being 277.274... | |
 | 1869 - 790 pages
...for liquids 09 for dry goods not measured by heap measures shall be the Gallon, containing 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 60° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. t The Pound Tower = 5400 grains... | |
 | William Alfred BROWNE - Money - 1872 - 318 pages
...sorts of liquids as for dry goods not measured by heaped measure is the Imperial Gallon containing 10 pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thennomcl.cr, tin li:niiiiicliT IK-III^ HI :!M indies. Tin; K""°" imperial... | |
 | Charles Hutton Dowling - Metric system - 1872 - 262 pages
...these standards. 3. Standard of Capacity.—The standard Gallon, "containing 10 Ib. avoirdupois, the weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches." By the report of the Royal Commissioners, the weight... | |
 | Samuel Griffiths - Iron industry and trade - 1873 - 582 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... | |
 | Samuel Griffiths - Iron industry and trade - 1873 - 592 pages
...which the Standard Troy Pound shall contain 5760. STANDAED 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 277J cubic inches. STANDARD FOR HEAPED... | |
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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 
