...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and...

...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and...

...liquids. Tlius on weighing a solid body, first in air and then in water (as described in process 1.), the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid substance employed, is ascertained ; and if this be repeated, using the same solid body, but...

...weighing a second time, we strain the quantity of water that has been displaced; or, in other words, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the granules. By way of illustration, let us determine the specific gravity of platinum granules as they...

...deduct this difference from the known weight of water, required to fill the bottle, and the remainder is the weight of a volume of water, equal to the volume of the solid in powder; then, as this is to the known weight of water, required to fill the bottle : : sp....

...when the powder JB present, and we get the weight of the water displaced by the powder — that is, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of powder. Divide the weight of the powder by¡ this weight, and the specific gravity of the powder ia...

...scale supporting the body. This additional weight, according to the principle of Archimedes, represents the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. j 25-35 The density of copper is thus ^ „ =8'8. (2.) Liquid bodies.—From one of the scales...

...hydrostatic balance by a thread or fine wire. When first weighed in air, and then in water, the loss shows the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid. Then having carefully cleaned and dried the solid, and weighed it in the liquor to be assayed,...

...That is to say, the weight in air is divided by the loss of weight in water, which latter is obviously the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the immersed body, and the quotient gives us the weight of the latter in terms of the weight of an equal...

...base four inches. He employed pure distilled water, and weighing the cube in air and in water he found the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the brass cube. The same operation was performed with the brass cylinder, and on comparing the results...