 | John Lee Comstock - 1813 - 448 pages
...specific gravities of solid bodies takenl The number of grains taken from the opposite scale, show the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the body so suspended. 458. It is on the principle, that bodies weigh less in the water than they do when... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1817 - 596 pages
...diameter, was made, and its bulk measured with the utmost possible exactness. This cylinder was weighed in water of various temperatures. Thus -was obtained...temperatures tried. The result was, that the density of the • Manchester Mem. v. 374. Specific Gravity. Bulk of Water. Temperature. Bulk of Water. Sp. Gravity... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1818 - 482 pages
...diameter, was made, and its bulk measured with the utmost possible exactness. This cylinder was weighed in water of various temperatures. Thus was obtained the weight of a quantity f Mauehester Mem. T. 974. Specific Gravity. Hulk of Wa ter. Temperature. Bulk of Wa ter. Sp. Gravity... | |
 | Edward Turner - 1828 - 516 pages
...means of a hair attached to the scale of the balance, and is then weighed again. The difference gives the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the solid. Or the bottle recommended for taking the specific gravity of liquids may be employed. After... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1830 - 308 pages
...the water was poured in. The number of grains taken from the opposite scale, it is evident, must show the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the body so suspended. When a solid is weighed in water, why does it lose a part of its weight ? How much... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1832 - 364 pages
...bulk. When a mineral is suspended in water and weighed, it is lighter than when weighed in air, by the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the mineral so suspended. The reason of this is obvious, for if the substance was not, bulk for bulk, heavier... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1832 - 362 pages
...bulk. When a mineral is suspended in water and weighed, it is lighter than when weighed in air, by the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the mineral so suspended. The reason of this is obvious, for if the substance was not, bulk for bulk, heavier... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1835 - 308 pages
...balance as before the water was poured in. The number of grains taken from the opposite scale, show the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the body so suspended. Fig. 88. Take a piece of ivory, or Thus, suppose a cubic inch of gold weighs 19... | |
 | Lewis Feuchtwanger - 1838 - 192 pages
...bulk. When a mineral is suspended in water, and weighed, it is lighter than when weighed in air, by the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the mineral so suspended. It is obvious, that a mineral, bulk for bulk, as heavy as water, could not sink... | |
 | John Johnston - 1843 - 586 pages
...to the scale of the balance, and is then weighed again. The difference between the two weights gives the weight of a quantity of water equal to the bulk of the solid. This rule is founded on the hydrostatic law, that a solid body, immersed in any liquid, not... | |
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It is on the principle that bodies weigh less in the water than they do when weighed out of it, or in the air, that water becomes the means of ascertaining their specific gravities... 
