 | Augustus William Smith - Mechanics, Analytic - 1855 - 340 pages
...CHAPTER IL SPECIFIC GRAvITY. 403. DBF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken as the unit. Water is generally employed... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - Mechanics, Analytic - 1855 - 368 pages
...CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 403. DBF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken as the unit. Water is generally employed... | |
 | W. J. Lake - Earth sciences - 1858 - 182 pages
...caused by dense masses underground." IV. Specific Gravity. Specific gravity : this is the proportion of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal portion of another substance of a chosen standard, which is J:«tilled water at the temperature of... | |
 | W. J. Lake - Earth sciences - 1858 - 176 pages
...caused by dense masses underground." IV. Specific Gravity. Specific gravity : this is the proportion of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal portion of another substance of a chosen standard, which is distilled water at the temperature of 60°... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - Mechanics, Analytic - 1863 - 340 pages
...II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. , 403. DEF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and whose specific gravity, therefore, is taken as the unit. Water is generally employed... | |
 | Robert Fowler - 1875 - 586 pages
...{equilibrio. Gra'vity, Specific. The weight peculiar to an equal bulk of every different kind of matter. The ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body, assumed as a conventional standard. Grease (Fr. graisse, fat). 1. A specific (? vesicular) inflammation... | |
 | Le Roy Clark Cooley - Physics - 1880 - 344 pages
...equal to the bulk of the marble. 15. The specific gravity of a substance is its weight compared to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as a standard. To obtain it, different methods must be taken, according as the body is a gas, a liquid,... | |
 | Le Roy Clark Cooley - Physics - 1880 - 340 pages
...equal to the bulk of the marble. 15. The specific gravity of a substance is its weight compared to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as a standard. To obtain it, different methods must be taken, according as the bod y is a gas, a liquid,... | |
 | Ki Chiu Kwong - Chronology, Chinese - 1881 - 988 pages
...valorem duty, the amount of which is graded according to the actual market value of the article taxed. Specific gravity = The ratio of the weight of a body,...volume of some other body, taken as the standard. Nineteen is the specific gravity of gold = Gold, bulk for bulk, is nineteen times heavier than water,... | |
 | Francis Chilton Young - Carpentry - 1881 - 842 pages
...cannot be considered as absolutely accurate in individual cases. 115. Specific gravity may be defined as the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume or bulk of some other body taken as the standard or unit. The standard is usually B eolfio distilled... | |
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Specific gravity. The ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of water at some standard temperature. 
