 | Reynell Coates - 1846 - 692 páginas
...definitions. 508. The specific gravity of a body is the number expressing its relative weight when compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other substance chosen as a standard. 509. The common standard of specific gravity for solids and liquids, is water... | |
 | Thomas Tate (mathematical master.) - 1847 - 198 páginas
...same bulk or volume as the body. In this way we are enabled to find the specific gravity of a body, or its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of water. As the weight of a cubic foot of water is just 1000 oz., it is customary to consider the specific... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1851 - 640 páginas
...II.— SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 1900. WHAT is meant by specific gravity? A. It denotes the weight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other body taken as a standard. 1901. What body is commonly used as a standard ? A. The standard commonly... | |
 | Thomas Tate - 1853 - 408 páginas
...longitudinal section. CHAP. XVIII. FLOATING BODIES. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 13. DEFINITION. — THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY of a body is its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other body taken as a standard. For the sake of convenience pure water, at the temperature of 60°, is taken... | |
 | Thomas Tate - 1853 - 180 páginas
...same bulk or volume as the body. In this way we are enabled to find the specific gravity of a body, or its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of water. As the weight of a cubic foot of water is just 1000 oz., it is customary to consider the specific... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - 1855 - 442 páginas
...weight of a piece of platinum is nearly double the weight of an equal bulk of lead. The specific gravity of a body is its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other body taken as. a standard. For the sake of convenience pure water, at the temperature of 60°, i.°... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1859 - 528 páginas
...found to differ greatl}' in weight. Platinum, the heaviest body known, is upward of 200,000 times aa dense, bulk for bulk, as hydrogen. Speeifie Gravity...substance, assumed as the standard of comparison. Absolute Weight.—The absolute weight of a body is the weight of its entire mass, considered witbout any reference... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1860 - 484 páginas
...Specific Gravity is used. 322. The Specific Gravity of a substance is the weight of a gfVen bulk of it compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other substance taken as a standard. The standard employed is distilled water at the temperature of 60 degrees. A standard... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1860 - 468 páginas
...Specific Gravity is used. 322. The Specific Gravity of a substance is the weight of a given bulk of it compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other substance taken as a standard. The standard employed is distilled water at the temperature of 60 degrees. A standard... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1862 - 532 páginas
...the heaviest body known, is upward of 200,000 times as dense, bulk for bulk, as hydrogen. Specific Gravity . — The specific gravity, or specific weight...substance, assumed as the standard of comparison. Absolute Wcight. — The absolute weight of a body is the weight of its entire mass, considered without any... | |
| |
The specific gravity, or specific weight of a body, is its weight as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other substance, assumed as the standard of comparison. 
