 | International Correspondence Schools - Marine engineering - 1900 - 612 pages
...the weight of one cubic inch of water. That is, the upward pressure exceeds the downward pressure by the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. F1G- 114' This excess of upward pressure over the downward pressure acts against gravity ; that... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 858 pages
...the weight of 1 cubic inch of water. That is, the upward pressure exceeds the downward pressure by the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. FIo. 733. 2184. This excess of upward pressure over the downward pressure acts against gravity;... | |
 | Charles Caspari - Pharmacy - 1901 - 804 pages
...; or the given weight of a liquid may be divided at once by its s|>ccific gravity, which will yield the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the liquid, and then by finding the volume of such a weight of water the volume of the liquid is at once... | |
 | Graphic statics - 1902 - 544 pages
...Weigh both separately in air, and weigh the heavier body in water. Subtract the weights of the bodies in air and in water, and the result will be the weight of a volume of the water equal to the volume of the two bodies. Find the difference of the weights of the heavy body... | |
 | R. A. Gregory - Chemistry - 1902 - 168 pages
...weight of an object in water was explained in the last lesson (Fig. 44). This loss of weight equals the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid. We can therefore write : ., . , ... Weight of the solid in air Dens1ty of sol1d = ^—~ -? .-,—-.... | |
 | John Iredelle Dillard Hinds - Chemistry, Inorganic - 1902 - 608 pages
...weighing the tody in air and then in water. The loss in weight is the weight of the water displaced, or the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. The quotient obtained by dividing the weight of the body by this loss in weight is the sp. gr.... | |
 | Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 484 pages
...Counterpoise by means of weights on the other pan. FIG. 42. I24 this loss of weight. How does it compare with the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body ? Place the beaker of water on one balance pan and counterpoise with weights on the other. Suspend... | |
 | John Oren Reed - Physics - 1902 - 336 pages
...necessary to weigh it first in air and then in distilled water at 4°C. The apparent loss of weight is the weight of a volume of water, equal to the volume of the body, and if the weight be expressed in grams, the volume is at once obtained in cubic centimeters.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Nonferrous metals - 1902 - 654 pages
...weight of a solid submerged in water is equal to the weight of the volume of water displaced, w — w. = the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the mineral, and the specific gravity of the w mineral = • — — . 1C' — If, The weights should be... | |
 | Henry Crew, Robert Richardson Tatnall - Physics - 1902 - 266 pages
...The loss of weight in water is B — C. But, by the principle of Archimedes, this loss of weight is the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, and since Specific gravity = Weight of body in air _ Weight of equal volume of water we have... | |
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... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry. 
