SPECIFIC GRAVITY. THE Specific Gravity of a body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a standard. Elements of Physics - Page 64by Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jacob William Albert Young - 1908 - 344 pages
...ratio of the number of feet moved to the number of seconds required. The specific gravity of a solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The rate of interest on an investment is the ratio of the number of dollars of interest received... | |
| Jacob William Albert Young, Lambert Lincoln Jackson - 1908 - 460 pages
...ratio of the number of feet moved to the number of seconds required. The specific gravity of a solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The rate of interest on an investment is the ratio of the number of dollars of interest received... | |
| James Thom Beard - 1908 - 434 pages
...weight. 38. The Use of Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a body, solid, liquid, or gas, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of another body taken as a standard. Water is usually assumed as the standard for solids and liquids,... | |
| Joseph Gregory Horner - 1909 - 560 pages
...of lead is 11-3 times the weight of an equal volume of water. As the specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water, it may be determined by dividing the absolute weight, W, of a volume of the given substance... | |
| Charles E. Larard, Henry A. Golding - 1909 - 508 pages
...the IP and LP pistons. Ans. 540 and 1120. 13. The specific gravity or relative density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. Taking the weight of a pint of pure water ( = 27'274 c. in.) as a pound and a quarter, calculate... | |
| John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1910 - 440 pages
...49.5ft. What was the diameter ? Specific Gravity The specific gravity of any solid or liquid substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. One cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 lb. 1-8. The following table gives the weights in pounds... | |
| Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 978 pages
...is removed. The micas exhibit this property to a marked degree. 2. The Specific Gravity of a mineral is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. It is dependent upon the weight of its molecules and the closeness of their aggregation.... | |
| Robert Morris Pierce - 1911 - 296 pages
...substance or body; the rclativ heviness or weight of any particular portion of matter, usually exprest by the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water (in the case of solids and liquids) or of hydrogen (in the case of gases). gravity-correction... | |
| Jacob William Albert Young, Lambert Lincoln Jackson - 1913 - 312 pages
...is usually 025 to 1000. This means that ^Д of the whole is silver. The specific gravity of a solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water under standard conditions. The birth rate per annum in a city is said to be 23 when the ratio... | |
| William Brandon Gordon - 1914 - 296 pages
...Eqs. (40) for the center of gravity. Ex. 369. The specific gravity of a body, or its relative density, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of standard water (distilled water at 4° C.). The principle of the buoyant effort gives a method of... | |
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