 | Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace - 1809 - 408 σελίδες
...for instance distilled water at the temperature of melting ice, the density of another body, will be the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water ; and this is called its specific gravity. \> hat we have said, seems to suppose that matter is homogeneous,... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 σελίδες
...inversely as the square of the distance. Weight is the measure of gravity. Specific gravity of a body ia the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water assumed as a standard. GRAZIOSO (It), in music, signifies elegantly and gracefully. GREASE. In farriery,... | |
 | Chemical Society (Great Britain) - 1891 - 1176 σελίδες
...all stable substances at their boiling points under corresponding pressures. For the vapour density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of the same volume of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure ; and if for any saturated vapour... | |
 | William Phillips - 1852 - 732 σελίδες
...mineral should be reduced to fragments, or coarse powder. The specific gravity of a body, in mineralogy, is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water at a given temperature (usually 60° F., or 1o°-55 C.). SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 260. Let a fragment of the... | |
 | Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. - 1860 - 754 σελίδες
...Methods of determining' Specific Gravity. (144.) The specific gravity of a substance has been defined as the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of pure water at 4° C., — -the temperature at which the volume of the solid is measured being 0° 0.... | |
 | Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1868 - 226 σελίδες
...compared with that in some other body assumed as the unit of weight. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance which has been selected as the standard. Solids and liquids are always compared with... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1875 - 374 σελίδες
...often confounded with density, but there is an important difference. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance selected as the standard, and it implies no unit of volume in the determination. The... | |
 | Harry Blake Hodges - 1877 - 200 σελίδες
...fluid, it will sink ; if it be less, the body will rise to the surface. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance which has been selected as the Standard. To determine specific gravity of solids : Divide... | |
 | Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1879 - 618 σελίδες
...compared with that in some other body assumed as the unit of weight. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of some substance which has been selected as the standard. Solids and liquids are always compared with... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1880 - 1176 σελίδες
...masses gravitate equally, the comparison of masses can be effected by weighing, and the relative density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of the standard substance. Water at a specified temperature and under atmospheric pressure is usually... | |
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The Specific Gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to that of an equal volume of water. 
