 | James Renwick - 1832 - 560 페이지
...is the depth of its centre of gravity beneath the surface. CHAPTER IV. OF SPECIFIC GRAVITIES. 337. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its...the weight of an equal volume of some other body. In this general sense, it is equivalent to density, which is the relation between the weights of equal... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1837 - 374 페이지
...ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water ; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of air But a ratio is expressed by a vulgar fraction, whose numerator is the antecedent and whose denominator... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1838 - 376 페이지
...ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of air. But a ratio is expressed by a vulgar fraction, whose numerator is the antecedent, and whose... | |
 | George Leonard (Jr.) - 1839 - 362 페이지
...Answer, a cubic pile 8 ft. square. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. LESSON 182. The specific gravity of any substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of fresh water ; thus, if the substance weighs 2 oz., and an equal bulk of water 1 oz., its specific... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - 1841 - 350 페이지
...Ans. a cubic pile 8 ft. square. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. LESSON 191. The specific gravity of any substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of fresh water ; thus, if the substance weighs 2 oz., and an equal bulk of water 1 oz., its specific... | |
 | George Leonard - 1841 - 356 페이지
...Ans. a cubic pile 8 ft. square. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. LESSON 191. The specific gravity of any substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of fresh water ; thus, if the substance weighs 2 oz., and an equal bulk of water 1 oz., its specific... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1844 - 618 페이지
...ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of air. But a ratio is expressed by a vulgar fraction, whose numerator is the antecedent, and whose... | |
 | D. M. Knapen - 1849 - 300 페이지
...will weigh any number of pounds from 1 to the sum of the weights. 1 68. SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF BODIES. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of the same volume of some other body assumed as a standard. Pure water being the standard commonly assumed,... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 페이지
...17.7812in. ; Breadth, 4.4453in. X. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. THE Specific Gravity of a body, is the ratio of ita weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a standard. The standard usually adopted for this purpose is pure distilled water at a given temperature.... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1851 - 492 페이지
...solids and liquids, and common air for the gases. Therefore, the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water ; and the specific gravity of an aeriform body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of... | |
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Therefore, the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water... 
