 | James Renwick - 1840 - 462 Seiten
...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and... | |
 | 1845 - 612 Seiten
...this and 1000 grains, the weight of the whole contents of the bottle when filled with distilled water, is the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the calomel. Then 16.3: J :: 100: 6.03, the specific gravity of the calomel. 4. In taking the specific... | |
 | James Renwick - 1845 - 456 Seiten
...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Jacob Müller - 1847 - 612 Seiten
...weighing a second time, we strain the quantity of water that has been displaced; or, in other words, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the granules. By way of illustration, let us determine the specific gravity of platinum granules as they... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1863 - 736 Seiten
...metal; deduct this from the difference between the weights in air and in water of the compound mass, and the remainder is the weight of a volume of water equal .to a. We divide the weight of a by the remainder, and obtain the sp. gr. Thus with reference to beef-fat:—... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1871 - 620 Seiten
...flask when the powder JB present, and we get the weight of the water displaced by the powder — that is, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of powder. Divide the weight of the powder by¡ this weight, and the specific gravity of the powder ia... | |
 | John Joseph Griffin - 1873 - 216 Seiten
...hydrostatic balance by a thread or fine wire. When first weighed in air, and then in water, the loss shows the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid. Then having carefully cleaned and dried the solid, and weighed it in the liquor to be assayed, the... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 192 Seiten
...That is to say, the weight in air is divided by the loss of weight in water, which latter is obviously the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the immersed body, and the quotient gives us the weight of the latter in terms of the weight of an equal... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1873 - 266 Seiten
...scale supporting the body. This additional weight, according to the principle of Archimedes, represents the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. j 25-35 The density of copper is thus ^ „ =8'8. (2.) Liquid bodies.—From one of the scales... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 752 Seiten
...the height of the cylinder. Clearly, therefore, the cylinder is pressed upwards by a force equal to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the cylinder. (Compare Displacement.) Uranium. A metallic element not well known in the pure state. It... | |
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... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry. 
