 | Frank Castle - 1899 - 424 páginas
...weight of the same volume of mercury is 13-596 grams. Relative Density. — The relative density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of a standard substance.* It is obvious that the standard substance should be at any place easily obtainable... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - 1899 - 462 páginas
...a square right prism of equal base and altitude. Note 16. The specific gravity of a liquid or solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of pure water. PROTRACTOR. Carefully paste this sheet upon card-board; then cut out the protractor... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - 1899 - 456 páginas
...a square right prism of equal base and altitude. Note 16. The specific gravity of a liquid or solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of pure water. PROTRACTOR. Carefully paste this sheet upon card-board; then cut out the protractor... | |
 | John Marvin Colaw, John Kelley Elkwood - 1900 - 450 páginas
...alcohol, 78° C.; (b) ether, 35° C.; (c) mercury, 357° C. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 590. The Specific Gravity of any substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of water. TABLE OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY. Copper 8.9 Nickel 8.9 Cork.. 24 Gold 19.3 Silver 10.5 Granite....... | |
 | Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - 1900 - 500 páginas
...Specific gravity. The specific gravity of any substance is the ratio of the weighs of that substance to the weight of an equal volume of some other substance taken as a standard. In the case of solids and liquids, distilled water is usually taken as the standard. Thus, the specific... | |
 | Amos T. Fisher, Melvin J. Patterson - 1902 - 200 páginas
...liquid which it displaces. All fluids possess buoyancy. Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some standard substance. In Physics, water is usually taken as the standard substance. FIG. 43. EXPERIMENT... | |
 | Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 484 páginas
...bottle in the preceding experiment ? Specific Gravity of Gases. — The Specific Gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body chosen as a standard, or, in other words, it is the ratio of the density of the body to the density... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - 1902 - 176 páginas
...degrees. SPECIFIC GRAVITY LESSON 80 The Specific Gravity of a substance is its weight compared with the weight of an equal volume of some other substance taken as a standard. The standard for solids and liquids is distilled water at its maximum density (4°C. or 89.2° F.).... | |
 | Nevada Bureau of Mines - 1904 - 1040 páginas
...by using a suitable prism of stone, laid crosswise on supports. b. The specific gravity of a stone is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. The common term "weight" is used in practice, and is similar but not the same, as "specific... | |
 | William Schoch - 1904 - 152 páginas
...Arrange in order and represent these measurements by a diagram. 2. The specific gravity of a solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. Thus, 7.86, the specific gravity of iron, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, iron is... | |
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The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other substance taken as a standard. 
