 ... the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time.  Physics - Page 5by Henry Smith Carhart - 1917 - 478 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster Hering - 1918 - 390 pages
...system in common use in science is known as the centimeter-gram-second (cgs) system, and is based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, aad the second as the unit of time. (See Glazebrook and Shaw, Practical Physics, pp. 1 7 to 24.) 12.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 844 pages
...drant-eleventh-second) system. It is based on the earth quadrant, or l(r centimeters as the unit of length ; 1O" gramme as the unit of mass ; and the second as the unit of time. The fotindational mechanical units from which the Practical system of electrical units is developed... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 582 pages
...calculations, and known as the CO8. system, adopts the centimeter as the unit of length, the gramme as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time, these words being represented respectively by the above letters. (See Dynamics.) In this system the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 842 pages
...adrant-eleventh-second) system. It is based on the earth quadrant, or l(r centimeters as the unit of length; 1OU gramme as the unit of mass ; and the second as the unit of time. The foundational mechanical units from which the Practical system of electrical units is developed... | |
 | William Suddards Franklin, Barry MacNutt - Mechanics - 1919 - 248 pages
...fss units. — Two systems of units are used in this text, namely, the cgs system which is based on the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as...the unit of mass and the second as the unit of time, and the fss system which is based on the foot as the unit of length, the slug* as the unit of mass,... | |
 | William Watson - Physics - 1920 - 590 pages
...such that it produces in unit mass unit acceleration. In the system of units founded on the centimetre as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time, which is called the CGS system, the unit force is called a dyne, and is such that when it acts on a... | |
 | William D. Henderson - Physics - 1921 - 590 pages
...plural is recommended. Thus, cm may stand for centimeter or centimeters." PHYSICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time, we speak of it as the centimeter-gram-second or cgs system of measurement. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 14.... | |
 | Richard Glazebrook - Physics - 1922 - 1124 pages
...electromagnetic, system nf measurement with reference to the centimetre as the unit of length, the gramme as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time, These fundamental units are (1) the ohm, the unit of electric resistance which has the value of 1,000,000,000... | |
 | William Suddards Franklin, Barry MacNutt - Mechanics - 1925 - 246 pages
...and fss units. Two systems of units are used in this text, namely, the cgs system which is based on the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as...the unit of mass and the second as the unit of time, and the Iss system which is based on the foot as the unit of length, the slug* as the unit of mass,... | |
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