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" ... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry. "
A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics ... - Page 496
edited by - 1871 - 580 pages
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First Principles of Chemistry: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Study of ...

James Renwick - 1840 - 462 pages
...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity...
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Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, Volume 4

1845 - 612 pages
...this and 1000 grains, the weight of the whole contents of the bottle when filled with distilled water, is the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the calomel. Then 16.3: J :: 100: 6.03, the specific gravity of the calomel. 4. In taking the specific...
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First Principles of Chemistry: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Study of ...

James Renwick - 1845 - 456 pages
...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity...
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Principles of Physics and Meteorology

Johann Heinrich Jacob Müller - 1847 - 612 pages
...weighing a second time, we strain the quantity of water that has been displaced; or, in other words, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the granules. By way of illustration, let us determine the specific gravity of platinum granules as...
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Chemistry

William Thomas Brande - 1863 - 736 pages
...deduct this difference from the known weight of water, required to fill the bottle, and the remainder is the weight of a volume of water, equal to the volume of the solid in powder; then, as this is to the known weight of water, required to fill the bottle : :...
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Scientific Handicraft: A Descriptive, Illustrated, and Priced Catalogue of ...

John Joseph Griffin - 1873 - 216 pages
...hydrostatic balance by a thread or fine wire. When first weighed in air, and then in water, the loss shows the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid. Then having carefully cleaned and dried the solid, and weighed it in the liquor to be assayed,...
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Notes of a Course of Nineteen Lectures on Natural Philosophy Delivered at ...

George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 192 pages
...That is to say, the weight in air is divided by the loss of weight in water, which latter is obviously the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the immersed body, and the quotient gives us the weight of the latter in terms of the weight of an...
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Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part 1

Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1873 - 266 pages
...scale supporting the body. This additional weight, according to the principle of Archimedes, represents the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. j 25-35 The density of copper is thus ^ „ =8'8. (2.) Liquid bodies.—From one of the scales...
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Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volumes 1-12

Robert Potts - 1876 - 392 pages
...base four inches. Ho employed pure distilled water, and weighing the cube in air and in water he found the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the brass cube. The same operation was performed with the brass cylinder, and on comparing the results...
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Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volumes 1-12

Robert Potts - 1876 - 389 pages
...base four inches. He employed pure distilled water, and weighing the cube in air and in water he found the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the brass cube. The same operation was performed with the brass cylinder, and on comparing the results...
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