In our present system there exists no such relation between the weights and measures'. As a result of this relationship in the Metric System, the unit of weight is easily obtained and becomes as unalterable as the unit of length, the gram or unit of weight... The Metric System of Weights and Measures - Seite 39von John Pickering Putnam - 1874 - 65 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1877 - 154 Seiten
...Sin. Ans. v. MEASURES OF LENGTH, VOLUME, WEIGHT AND CAPACITY COMMENSURABLE . WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 199 In our present system there exists no such relation...decimal fraction is to add salt to the water until thirty -five cubic feet weigh exactly a fora, 'an operation sufficiently difficult to perform successfully... | |
| 1877 - 278 Seiten
...enormous advantage, for if the weight of a body is given we can know easily its volume and reciprocally. In our present system there exists no such relation...bears an exact proportion to a ton of water ; a ton contains 35.955 cubic feet, and the only way to get rid of the long decimal fraction is to add salt... | |
| John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - 1912 - 406 Seiten
...the kilogram are, since 1893, legal standards of length and mass in the United States. The gram is the weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at 4° Centigrade. Illllllll mil o 6 fnW inn Ullll 8 9 10 cm, 4 In. hlih iiihh ililililililili ililihlililih ililih ililili... | |
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