 | William Somerville Orr - 1856 - 556 pages
...gravity of water as an unit, the specific gravity of another substance will be its weight, divided by the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of a substance, therefore, will be its weight in air, divided by the difference of its weight in air and... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1860 - 540 pages
...of water as an unit, the specific gravity of another substance will be its weight, divided 1 by the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of a substance, therefore, will be its weight in air, divided by the diift-rence of its weight in air and... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - 1883 - 374 pages
...GRAVITY. ART. 205. The specific gravity of any substance is the number of times its weight contains the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of a few common liquids and solids are as follows: Pure cows milk, 1.03 Iron (wrought), 7.6 to 7.8 Human... | |
 | Sir Richard Gregory - 1894 - 126 pages
...the standard of comparison and to express by the word density or, more accurately, specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. Bulk for bulk, lead weighs 11 '2 times as much as water ; this number, therefore, represents... | |
 | Amos Emerson Dolbear - 1897 - 344 pages
...body is the same as for its density. The specific gravity of a liquid is its weight compared with the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of a liquid may be determined NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. by carefully weighing a vial, filling it with pure water,... | |
 | Ralph Webster Richards - 1907 - 118 pages
...chalcopyrite, pyrite, etc. D. 302. M. & P. 308. SPESSARTITE. A manganese Garnet, qv SP. OR. Specific gravity. The ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. S Ph. Hydrogen sodium ammonium fosfate, HNaNH4PO4.4H,,O; sometimes called microcosmic salt.... | |
 | Frank Eugene Kidder - 1908 - 1784 pages
...temperature of 62° Fahr.; or, the specific gravity of a body LB equal to its weight divided by the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of a substance, multiplied by the weight of a cubic foot of water, will give the weight of a cubic foot... | |
 | John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1911 - 698 pages
...By the specific gravity of a solid substance, such as iron, is meant the ratio of the weight of that substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of an object may be found by first weighing it in air, then weighing it again when suspended under water.... | |
 | Fred Bernard Dunn - 1916 - 274 pages
...is classified, marketed and designated by its specific gravity. Specific gravity is the ratio of a weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of liquids is measured most conveniently by an instrument known as a hydrometer. It consists of a stem... | |
 | Fred Bernard Dunn - 1916 - 274 pages
...is classified, marketed and designated by its specific gravity. Specific gravity is the ratio of a weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of liquids is measured most conveniently by an instrument known as a hydrometer. It consists of a stem... | |
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The specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. 
