 In general, the specific gravity of a substance is defined as the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of water at 4° centigrade. What would it mean, therefore, to say that the specific gravity of 14-karat...  General Mathematics - Σελίδα 340των Raleigh Schorling, William David Reeve - 1919Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | William Walton - 1847 - 280 σελίδες
...specific gravity of a substance is measured by, or, for convenience of language, is said to be equal to, the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of some assigned standard fluid, generally assumed to' be distilled water at... | |
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - 1874 - 336 σελίδες
...a solid or liquid substance is the ratio of its density to that of water, or, in other words, it is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water. The water is distilled, and the temperature is 60° F. Def. The specific... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - 1879 - 242 σελίδες
...opposite must be deducted. The specific gravity of any substance is proportional to its density, and is the ratio of the weight .of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water, both being taken at the temperature of maximum density of the latter.... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - 1883 - 402 σελίδες
...Specific Gravity of Oil.—The specific gravity of any substance is proportional to its density, and is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to that of an equal volume of water, both being taken at the temperature of maximum density of the latter.... | |
 | Richard Glazebrook - 1893 - 208 σελίδες
...this is made so small that throughout it the body may be treated as homogeneous. Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is defined as the ratio of its density to the density of some standard substance such as water ; thus, if p' be the density of... | |
 | 1894 - 334 σελίδες
...General statements concerning specific gravity and density. The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of water at its maximum density. Specific gravities being ratios of like quantities are abstract numbers, and hence... | |
 | Edward Leamington Nichols - 1894 - 332 σελίδες
...General statements concerning specific gravity and density. The specifjc gravity of a substance is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of water at its maximum density. Specific gravities being ratios of like quantities are abstract numbers, and hence... | |
 | John Harper Long - 1894 - 386 σελίδες
...Specific Gravity. gravity or density, or specific weight, of By the specific a substance we understand the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the substance to the weight of the same volume of some other substance considered as a standard. To make our definition exact we must... | |
 | Julius Hortvet - 1899 - 280 σελίδες
...standard. This ratio is commonly known as the specific gravity of a substance. Specific gravity is usually defined as the ratio of the weight of a given volume of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of pure water at its maximum density. This ratio is evidently... | |
 | American Society for Testing Materials - 1920 - 866 σελίδες
...The specific gravity of road oils, road tars, asphalt cements and soft tar pitches shall be expressed as the ratio of the weight of a given volume of the material at 25° C. (77° F.) to that of an equal volume of water at the same temperature and shall... | |
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