| 1826 - 446 pages
...counteract the buoyancy of the cork, add this to its weight, and divide its weight by the sum — the quotient is the answer. Rationale. The force with...agreeably to the general rule, the specific gravity of (he cork will be found. To ascertain the specific gravity of a Liquid. Let the stopple be counterpoised,... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1827 - 588 pages
...rises against the funnel, is equal to the difference between its weicht and the weight of the balk of water which it displaces. Of course, ascertaining...rule, the specific gravity of the cork will be found. To atcertain the Specific Gravity of a Liquid. Let the stopple be counterpoised, exactly as in the... | |
| 1827 - 600 pages
...course, ascertaining the force with which it rises, by using; just weicht enoug-hto counteract it, ч-ind adding- this weight, so ascertained, to that of the...the cork. By this, dividing- the weight of the cork, asreeably to the general rule, the specific gravity of the cork will be found. To ascertain the Specific... | |
| 1829 - 522 pages
...have only to weigh any substance first in air, and then in water ; the différence of the weights is the weight of a bulk of water equal to the bulk of the substance ; and by comparing any other substance with water, in like manner, we ascertain its specific... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...have only to weigh any substance first in air, and then in water ; the difference of the weights is the weight of a bulk of water equal to the bulk of the substance ; and by comparing any other substance with water, in like manner, we ascertain its specific... | |
| History - 1839 - 286 pages
...have only to weigh any substance first in air, and then in water ; the difference of the weights is the weight of a bulk of water equal to the bulk of the substance ; and by comparing any other substance with water, in like manner, its specific gravity is... | |
| Robert Hare - 1840 - 942 pages
...weight enough to counteract it. ai adding this weight, so ascertained, to that of the c»rk. •• have the weight of a bulk of water, equal to the bulk of the cork. By tl weight, dividing the weight of the cork agreeably to the general nilo. : specific gravity of the... | |
| John Johnston - 1843 - 586 pages
...This weight is obviously the loss of weight of the coin in consequence of being immersed in water, or the weight of a bulk of water equal to the bulk of the coin. This divided into the weight of the coin will give its specific gravity. There will be no difficulty... | |
| John Johnston - 1846 - 496 pages
...This weight is obviously the loss of weight of the coin in consequence of being immersed in water, or the weight of a bulk of water equal to the bulk of the coin. This divided into the weight of the coin will give its specific gravity. There will be no difficulty... | |
| Henry Warren Torrey - 1855 - 170 pages
...the weight which it loses when wholly immersed in water. For this latter weight precisely measures the weight of a bulk of water equal to the bulk of the given body. Thus, the momentum of a train weighing 40 tons and moving 20 miles an hour is equal to... | |
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