 | James Thomson - 1880 - 408 pages
...the computation of masses of different volumes of various substances from their specific gravities. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the mass of a certain volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water at its temperature of maximum... | |
 | Edward Leamington Nichols - 1894 - 332 pages
...entirely arbitrary, such as the unit extension of a spring made use of in the Jolly balance. The density of a substance is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the volume which it occupies ; or in symbols D = %. (78) Since density is not an abstract... | |
 | 1894 - 334 pages
...entirely arbitrary, such as the unit extension of a spring made use of in the Jolly balance. The density of a substance is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the volume which it occupies ; or in symbols D=~ (78) Since density is not an abstract... | |
 | Great Britain. Local Government Board - 1910 - 1154 pages
...expressed in millimetres of mercury at 0°, under normal conditions of gravity, Density. 10. Density is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of a body to the mass of the same volume of distilled water at 4° and at normal pressure. 11. Since the... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1914 - 728 pages
...being dense ; — opposed to rarity. 2. The ratio of mass to bulk or volume ; ratio of the mass of any volume of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of some standard substance, as water, or hydrogen or air. dent (u*8nt), N. A slight depression as from... | |
 | Joseph Whittington Landon - 1920 - 298 pages
...density of a substance is the mass per unit volume. This should not be confused with specific gravity. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water. For example: The density of water = 62-3 Ibs.... | |
 | Atack. Frederick William, E. Hope - 1920 - 730 pages
...definition of the litre * it follows that the density of water at 4°C. expressed in gms. per ml. is unity. The Specific Gravity of a substance is the ratio of the mass of any given volume of the substance to the mass of an equal volume of water. The temperature of the substance... | |
 | 1920 - 1572 pages
...specific gravity or relative density of a substance. (Stamlard) Density. 1. The ratio of the mass of any volume of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of some standard substance. For liquids and solids the standard substance Is water. (Webster) 2. The quality... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Mines - 1920 - 778 pages
...specific gravity or relative density of a substance. (Standard) Density. 1. The ratio of the mass of any volume of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of some standard substance. For liquids and solids the standard substance le w» ter. (Webster) 2. The... | |
 | Albert Hill Fay - 1920 - 770 pages
...specific gravity or relative density of a substance. (Standard) Density. 1. The ratio of the mass of any volume of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of some standard substance. For liquids and solids the standard substance is water. (Webster) >. The quality... | |
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The ratio of the MASS of a given volume of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of water (at 4°C when water has its minimum volume). 
