 | 1873 - 576 pages
...the cubic foot, containing sixty -two pounds and three hundred and twenty -one thousandths of a pound avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of sixtytwo degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches ; except as relates... | |
 | Robert Potts - Arithmetic - 1876 - 418 pages
...that from this measure all other measures shall be derived. That the imperial gallon shall contain ten pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. That a measure shall be made of brass,... | |
 | Robert Potts - Arithmetic - 1876 - 389 pages
...that from this measure all other measures shall be derived. That the imperial gallon shall contain ten pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. That a measure shall be made of brass,... | |
 | R. E - 1877 - 164 pages
...well for liquids as of dry goods not measured by heaped measure, shall be the gallon, containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches ; and that a measure... | |
 | George Beecroft - 1877 - 516 pages
...168-26686367616gallons. STANDARD GALLON.—The Standard Gallon shall contain 10 Pounds tVvoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. Its bulk shall be equal to 277-274 cubic inches. Note.—The... | |
 | George Beecroft - 1878 - 508 pages
...82-6686367616 lbs., = 168-26686367616 gallons. 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. Its bulk shall be equal to 277'274 cubic inches. №>fe.—The... | |
 | William Alfred Browne - Foreign exchange rates - 1879 - 364 pages
...also for dry goods not measured by heaped measure, was declared to be the Imperial Gallon, containing 10 pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. The Imperial bushel was defined... | |
 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse - Calendar - 1881 - 308 pages
...liquids as for dry goods, not measured by heaped * measure, shall be tlie 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... | |
 | Canada - Law - 1907 - 996 pages
...the cubic foot, containing sixty-two pounds and three hundred and twenty-one thousandths of a pound avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches. 4-5 E. VII., c.... | |
 | Otis William Caldwell, Stuart Appleton Courtis - EDUCATION - 1923 - 424 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... | |
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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 
