 | James Renwick - 1840 - 462 σελίδες
...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and... | |
 | 1845 - 612 σελίδες
...liquids. Tlius on weighing a solid body, first in air and then in water (as described in process 1.), the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid substance employed, is ascertained ; and if this be repeated, using the same solid body, but... | |
 | James Renwick - 1845 - 456 σελίδες
...does in air, as the weight of its own bulk of the fluid. The loss of weight in water, therefore, being the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body, a statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Jacob Müller - 1847 - 612 σελίδες
...weighing a second time, we strain the quantity of water that has been displaced; or, in other words, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the granules. By way of illustration, let us determine the specific gravity of platinum granules as they... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1863 - 736 σελίδες
...deduct this difference from the known weight of water, required to fill the bottle, and the remainder is the weight of a volume of water, equal to the volume of the solid in powder; then, as this is to the known weight of water, required to fill the bottle : : sp.... | |
 | Edward John Chapman - 1864 - 260 σελίδες
...of weight in the latter case exactly equals the weight of the displaced water, or, in other words, of a volume of water equal to the volume of the mineral. Now, the specific gravity of pure water, at a temperature of about 62°, being assumed to equal 1,... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1871 - 620 σελίδες
...when the powder JB present, and we get the weight of the water displaced by the powder — that is, the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of powder. Divide the weight of the powder by¡ this weight, and the specific gravity of the powder ia... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 192 σελίδες
...That is to say, the weight in air is divided by the loss of weight in water, which latter is obviously the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the immersed body, and the quotient gives us the weight of the latter in terms of the weight of an equal... | |
 | John Joseph Griffin - 1873 - 216 σελίδες
...hydrostatic balance by a thread or fine wire. When first weighed in air, and then in water, the loss shows the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the solid. Then having carefully cleaned and dried the solid, and weighed it in the liquor to be assayed,... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1873 - 266 σελίδες
...scale supporting the body. This additional weight, according to the principle of Archimedes, represents the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the body. j 25-35 The density of copper is thus ^ „ =8'8. (2.) Liquid bodies.—From one of the scales... | |
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... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry. 
