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" The Specific Gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water. "
An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy - Page 64
by William Phillips - 1852 - 700 pages
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Book I. Of the apparent motions of the celestial bodies. Book II. Of the ...

Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace - 1809 - 408 pages
...for instance distilled water at the temperature of melting ice, the density of another body, will be the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water ; and this is called its specific gravity. \> hat we have said, seems to suppose that matter is homogeneous,...
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A Technological Dictionary: Explaining the Terms of the Arts, Sciences ...

W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 pages
...inversely as the square of the distance. Weight is the measure of gravity. Specific gravity of a body ia the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water assumed as a standard. GRAZIOSO (It), in music, signifies elegantly and gracefully. GREASE. In farriery,...
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Elements of Chemical Physics

Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. - 1860 - 754 pages
...Methods of determining' Specific Gravity. (144.) The specific gravity of a substance has been defined as the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of pure water at 4° C., — -the temperature at which the volume of the solid is measured being 0° 0....
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First Principles of Chemical Philosophy, Volume 1

Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1868 - 226 pages
...compared with that in some other body assumed as the unit of weight. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance which has been selected as the standard. Solids and liquids are always compared with...
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A Class-book of Chemistry: On the Basis of the New System

Edward Livingston Youmans - 1875 - 374 pages
...often confounded with density, but there is an important difference. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance selected as the standard, and it implies no unit of volume in the determination. The...
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A Course in scientific German

Harry Blake Hodges - 1877 - 200 pages
...fluid, it will sink ; if it be less, the body will rise to the surface. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance which has been selected as the Standard. To determine specific gravity of solids : Divide...
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Principles of Chemical Philosophy

Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1879 - 618 pages
...compared with that in some other body assumed as the unit of weight. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance which has been selected as the standard. Solids and liquids are always compared with...
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Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Volume 1

Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1880 - 284 pages
...equally, the comparison of masses can be effected by weighing, and the relative density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of the standard substance. Water at a specified temperature and under atmospheric pressure is usually...
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Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part 1

Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1880 - 1176 pages
...equally, the comparison of masses can be effected by weighing, and the relative density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of the standard substance. Water at a specified temperature and under atmospheric pressure is usually...
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Proceedings

Michigan Pharmaceutical Association - 1883 - 852 pages
...embarrass this subject of specific gravities. The specific gravity of a body, any schoolboy will tell you, is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water. Simple enough, truly ; how can there be misunderstanding of language so plain? Well, in the first place,...
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