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" Thus it is a law of the nature of water that under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, it boils at 212° Fahrenheit. "
Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of ... - Page 84
by British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1841
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 23

1827 - 532 pages
...whether dry or liquid, shall be the gallon, which shall be a vessel of such capacity as to contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, ten pounds of distilled water at its maximum density ; that all other measures of capacity shall be...
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Laws of the State of New York, Volume 1

New York (State) - 1828 - 1178 pages
...measures. § 3. The gallon for liquids, shall be a vessel of such ca- Liquor*. pacity as to contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. § 4. The gallon for dry measure shall be a...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York: Passed During the ..., Volume 3

New York (State) - 1829 - 876 pages
...dry measures. 3 3. The gallon for liquids, shall be a vessel of such capacity as to L^UOH. contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. § 4. The gallon for dry measure shall be a...
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The American Annual Register for the Years ..., Or, the ... Year ..., Volume 1

Joseph Blunt - 1830 - 806 pages
...gallon, for liquids, which is to contain eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density, under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea ; the gallon for dry measure is to contain ten pounds of distilled water under the same circumstances....
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A Compendium of Mechanics; Or, Text Book for Engineers, Mill-wrights, and ...

Robert Brunton - 1830 - 260 pages
...pure water at its maximum density weighs 62J such pounds, or 1,000 ounces, using brass weights, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea. STANDARD OF DRY MEASURE. The gallon of Dry Measure shall contain ten pounds of pure water, at its maximum...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

1834 - 896 pages
...the said pendulum i* 39.10158 inches. VOL. XIII.— No. 6 — JUNE, 1834. 49 Ions, shall contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, eighty pounds of distilled water at its maximum of density. (To be continued.) AMERICAN PATENTS. 1IST...
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Acts of the State of Ohio, Volume 33

Ohio - 1835 - 70 pages
...gallon, by Bushel cd. pints, half pints and gills. defin- Sec. 18. That the bushel shall contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eighty pounds of distilled water, at its maximum density. Heaped mea- Sec. 19. That the standard measure...
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American Annual Register, Volume 3

Joseph Blunt - 1835 - 810 pages
...gallon, for liquids, which is to contain eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density, under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea ; the gallon for dry measure is to contain ten pounds of distilled water under the same circumstances....
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The naval service, or, officer's manual for every grade in his ..., Volume 1

William Nugent Glascock - 1836 - 730 pages
...year, and the latitudes, as well as height, of the place of observation. " From various experiments, the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea is estimated at about thirty inches ; and, for common purposes, a tenth of an inch depression may be...
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A Practical Treatise on the Analogy Between Legal and General Composition ...

Samuel Higgs Gael - 1840 - 364 pages
...whether dry or liquid, shall be the gallon; which shall be a vessel of such capacity as to contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, ten pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. In taking out patents for inventions, it is very...
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