 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1805 - 534 pages
...be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it becomes, dry to the touch. ,• The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...half full,, and then .adding the soil till the fluid riser, to the mouth ; the; difference .between the weight of the soil ant! that <sf the water1 will... | |
 | 1805 - 534 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmospher* till it becomes dry to the touch. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...of water, may be ascertained by introducing into a pbial, which will contain a known quantity of water, equal volumes of water and of soil, and thi* may... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Accum - 1808 - 492 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it becomes dry to the touch. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...be ascertained by introducing into a phial, which \vill contain a known quantity of water, equal volumes of water and of soil ; and this may be easily... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1808 - 900 pages
...IK- collected in dry weather, and exposed to the air till it feels dry. Its specific gravity hiay bo ascertained, by introducing into a phial, which will contain a known quantity of water, cqunl bulks of •water .nrul of the .nil; which may Cusily he dene, l>y pouring in water till tJ.e... | |
 | 1814 - 760 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it becomes dry to the touch. ' The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...half full, and then adding the soil till the fluid, risae to the mouth ; the difference between the weight of the soil and that of the water, will give... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it becomes dry to the touch. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...full, and then adding the soil till the fluid rises i*s to the mouth ; the difference between the weight of the soil and that of the water, will give the... | |
 | 1816 - 442 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it becomes dry to the touch. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...done by pouring in water till it is half full, and O 2 then then adding the soil till the fluid rises to the mouth; the? difference-between the weight... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the air till it feels dry. Its specific gravity may be ascertained, by introducing into a phial, which will contain a known quantity of water, equal bulks of water and of the soil ; which may easily be done, by pouring in water till the phial is half... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it t»ecomes dry to the touch. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...phial, which will contain a known quantity of water, cirual volumes of water and of soil, and this may be easily done by pouring in water till it is half... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1831 - 1330 pages
...to the cultivator, may be ascertained to a certain extent by various and very simple means. 21:i8. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of...it is half full, and then adding the soil till 'the Huid rises to the mouth ; the difference between the weight of the soil and that of the water will... | |
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It should be collected in dry weather, and exposed to the atmosphere till it becomes dry to the touch. The specific gravity of a soil, or the relation of its weight to that of water, may be ascertained by introducing into a phial, which will contain a... 
