...should be carefully committed to memory. DEFINITION. — The specific gravity, or density of a body, is the number which expresses the ratio which the...body bears to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled tcater, at the temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. DEFINITION. — The quantity of matter contained in...

...definition is given (Manual of Mechanics, P- 37)DEFINITION. — The specific gravity or demity of a body is the number which expresses the ratio which the...cubic inch of the body bears to the weight of a cubic iuch of distilled water at the temperature 60° Fahrenheit. If Wbe the weight of a body expressed in...

...be carefully committed to memory : — DEFINITION. — The specific gravity, or density of a body, is the number which expresses the ratio which the...the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, at the temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. DEFINITION. — The quantity of matter contained in a body is the...

...DEFINITION. — The specific gravity or density of a body is the number which expresses the ratio ivhieh the weight of a cubic inch of the body bears to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at the temperature 60° Fahrenheit. If W be the weight of a body expressed in grains, V its volume in...

...whole amount of matter a body contains, and this is generally expressed in grains, ounces, pounds, &c. Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number...of — Platina ........ 21 Gold ......... 19 Lead ......... 1 1 Copper ........ 8 Iron ......... 7 So that in the same bulk we have three times more...

...provided that in case of the loss or defacement of this Standard it should be restored by reference to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, at a temperature of 62- ° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and exposed to a pressure of air sufficient to raise the mercury...

...to memory : — . DEFINITION. — The specific gravity, or density of a \ body, is the number winch expresses the ratio which the -: weight of a cubic...the weight of a ' cubic inch of distilled water, at the temperature of6o°J Fahrenheit. DEFINITION The quantity of matter contained in a v> body is the...

...the principle of Archimedes, all other bodies with it. The English have selected as their standard the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, at a temperature of 62° Fahrenheit thermometer, under an atmospheric pressure measured by 30 inches of the mercurial barometer....

...whole amount of matter a body contains, and this is generally expressed in grains, pounds, grammes, &c. Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number...cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of 15-5° C. The specific gravity of — Platinum . . . .21 Gold 19 Lead 11 Copper 9 Iron 7 So that in...

...whole amount of matter a body contains, and this is generally expressed in grains, pounds, grammes, &c. Specific weight, or specific gravity, is the number...the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature_of 15 '5° C. The specific gravity of — Platinum . . . .21 Gold 19 Lead n Copper 9 Iron...