 | Great Britain. War Office - 1877 - 164 σελίδες
...the former, and has a more or less brown colour. * Density refers to the weight of any given portion of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of distilled water. For instance, when we say that the density of P. powder is 1 • 8, we mean that any... | |
 | 1884 - 540 σελίδες
...; that is, from 0° to 1° C. SPECIFIC WEIGHT OR GRAVITY. Specific weight or gravity is the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of some other substance taken as a standard. Distilled water at 15.6° C. (60° F.) is the standard with which... | |
 | W. H. Grieve - 1893 - 176 σελίδες
...and physics. As we understand it, it refers to the special weight of a given volume of a substance as compared with the weight of an equal volume of some standard substance. Owing to the purity of distilled water, we take it as the standard (at a temperature of 39 degrees... | |
 | Virgil Coblentz - 1894 - 514 σελίδες
...CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. DENSITY* Specific Gravity may be generally defined, as the weight of a body compared with the weight of an equal volume of some standard substance. For liquids and solids, the standard chosen is distilled water at 4° C. (39° F.). Specific gravity... | |
 | Lothrop Davis Higgins - 1905 - 274 σελίδες
...water, and the number is called the specific gravity of the substance. Specific gravity is the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of water is 1 ; of cork, 0.2 ; of ice, 0.9 ; of iron, 7.2 ; of lead, 11.4... | |
 | Augustus Herman Gill - 1907 - 224 σελίδες
...the watch is the viscosity of the oil. Specific Gravity. By specific gravity we understand the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of iron is 7.8: this means that a cubic inch of iron weighs 7.8 times as... | |
 | Edwin Lee - 1908 - 452 σελίδες
...temperature of the laboratory. The weight of 1 cm.3 of a substance is called its density. The weight of the volume of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of water at the temperature of its maximum density (what is this temperature ?) is called its specific... | |
 | John Duncan - 1908 - 362 σελίδες
...vertical line. Specific gravity by experiment. — Since specific gravity is defined as the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of water, it may be seen now how to determine experimentally the specific gravity of a body heavier than... | |
 | 1908 - 496 σελίδες
...atom of an element as compared with the weight of an atom of hydrogen. Specific gravity is the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of another substance taken as a standard. 4. The alkaline elements are: (1) The alkali metals: lithium,... | |
 | 1919 - 424 σελίδες
...volume of oil at constant temperature to flow through a standard orifice. Specific gravity is the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of water. Animal and vegetable oils are spoken of in terms of specific gravity while with mineral oils... | |
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The density of a body is measured by its specific gravity, which represents the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of water. It is a useful property in comparing relative weights of bodies. 
