 | Robert Boyle - 1725 - 768 pages
...difference of 20 grains of the leaden-plate in water being deduöed, there remain'd 2ji 4- grains, for the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the given piece of wood. Now, if this number of grains had amounted to 256, we might have concluded the... | |
 | Robert Boyle - 1738 - 964 pages
...difference of 20 grains of the leaden-plate in water being dedudted, thereremain'd 25ijgrains, for the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the given piece of wood. Now, if this number of grains had amounted to 256, we might have concluded the... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1747 - 398 pages
...(the Lofs of Weight in the Copper, and Weight of an equal Bulk of Water) the Remainder 2 5 will be the Weight of a Bulk of Water, equal to that of the Elm. But the Weight of the Elm was 1 5 Grains : The fpecific Gravity therefore of Water is to that... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1825 - 644 pages
...weight must be added to the oriD SO Methods of taking ginal weight of SO grains, making 180 grains for the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the cork. The original weight (30 grs.) must now be divided by that of the water, viz. 180, which of course... | |
 | Robert Hare - 1836 - 624 pages
...stopple, measures the resistance to its being sunk in the water; and this it has been shown is equal to the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the stopple. Of course, pursuant to the general rule, it is only necessary to see how often this weight... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 308 pages
...subtract this loss from that sustained by the immersion of both taken together, the remainder will be the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the lighter solid. The proportion of the weight of the lighter solid to this remainder will determine its specific gravity.... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 280 pages
...fig. 82), until it sinks, and note the weight which both together lose by immersion : this will be the weight of a bulk of water, equal to that of the two solids; now detach the lighter solid and ascertain the weight lost from the heavier by immersion;... | |
 | Robert Dundas Thomson - 1848 - 296 pages
...weighing a solid first in air and then in water, we obtain, by taking the difference of these weights, the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the solid. We find, then, the same relation existing between the difference between the weight in air and... | |
 | 1849 - 630 pages
...Weight of substance in the air in grains Deduct weight of ditto in water Difference This result gives the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the specimen, and by dividng the weight of the specimen in air by this number, the specific gravity is... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - 1849 - 190 pages
...Weight of substance in the air in grains . Deduct weight of ditto in water Difference. This result gives the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the specimen, and by dividing the weight of the specimen in air by this number, the specific gravity is... | |
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This result gives the weight of a bulk of water equal to that of the specimen, and by dividing the weight of the specimen in air by this number, the specific gravity is obtained. 
