...substance is the ratio of the weight of the substance to the weight of an equal bulk or volume of a certain standard substance. For solids and liquids the standard is distilled water at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. For gases the standard is atmospheric air at a temperature of 60°,...

...of unit of mass of a substance. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY. — The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water. Since the specific gravity of a body is the ratio of two things of the same kind,...

...body, is measured by the number of units of mass in the unit of volume. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water. Let a be the correction for the buoyancy of the weights P and P' in air; vr, dt the...

...For the definition and measure of density, see Solution of 21. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, usually water at its maximum density. The density of water in the Metric System being unity, it follows...

...of the whole." Used chiefly in finding line of resistance in arches. 36. SPECIFIC GRAVITY Of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water or air. The standard for solids is pure distilled water at 60° Fahr., weighing 1000...

...gravity of a substance is the ratio between the weight of any volume of the substance and the wei•/ht of a like volume of some other substance taken as...of 76 centimeters, and at the temperature of 0° C. (n) Since the weights of bodies are proportional to their masses, specific gravity is equivalent to...

...volume of the substance and the weight of a like volume of some other substance taken as a standard. For solids and liquids, the standard is distilled...density (4° C. or 39.2° F.); for gases and vapors, the standards are hydrogen and air, each under a barometric pressure of 76 centimeters, and at the temperature...

...volume of the. substiince and the weight of a like volume of some other substance taken as a standard. For solids and liquids, the standard is distilled...density (4° C. or 39.2° F.); for gases and vapors, the standards are hydrogen and air, each under a barometric pressure of 76 centimeters, and at the temperature...

...water is 62.4, since that is the number of Ibs. in a cu. ft. of water. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance. The standard usually employed is water at 4° C. Thus if D be the density of a body and d that of water...

...Gravity. The definition of a famous physicist may be first set down. "The specific, gravity of a body is the ratio of its density to that of some standard substance, generally water" (Clerk-Maxwell on Heat) . According to this conception it is the measure of the densities...