 | Industrial arts - 1827 - 600 pages
...matter in the sand. Now, by marking the number of grains of water held by the narrow tube, br, on a graduated scale attached to it, we can find at once...and by comparing this with the weight of the sand we have its true specific gravity. a. J x Aware that some solid bodies, such as charcoal, hold much... | |
 | Luke Herbert - Industrial arts - 1827 - 524 pages
...of grains of water held by the narrow tube bv on a graduated scale attached to it, we can find tit once what is the weight of a quantity of water equal...and by comparing this with the weight of the sand, we have its trae specific gravity. . . Aware that some solid bodies, such as- charcoal, hold much condensed... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1827 - 412 pages
...body in vacuo, (which is nearly the same as that in air,) and W' its weight in water, then W — W is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the body ; and since the weight of any body divided by an equal bulk of water, measures the specific iffl... | |
 | Robert Hare - Chemistry - 1828 - 418 pages
...GRAVIMETER. ancy, when immersed in water, by being placed beneath the leaden disk in the lower scale, gives the weight of a quantity of water, equal in bulk to the cork. Hence, if the number of grains representing the weight of the cork, be divided by that representing... | |
 | Thomas Duché Mitchell - Chemistry - 1832 - 582 pages
...difference between the weight of the heavy solid in air and its weight in water. The remainder will indicate the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the light body, and we can thus find its specific gravity in the way directed above. Thus, let the weight,... | |
 | 1832 - 354 pages
...loss, let the loss of weight sustained by the glass alone be SM\>tracted, and the remainder will be the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the liquid contained in the bottle. The specific gravity pf the liquid may thence be immediately inferred... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1834 - 454 pages
...a body in vacua, (which is nearly the same as that in air,) and W its weight in water, then W — W is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the body; and since the weight of any body divided by an equal bulk of water measures the specific gravity,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 816 pages
...solid matter in the sand. Now by marking the number of grains of water held by the narrow tube be on a graduated scale attached to it, we can find at once...and by comparing this with the weight of the sand, we have its true specific gravity. Aware that some solid bodies, such as charcoal, hold much condensed... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 814 pages
...solid matter in the sand. Now by marking the number of grains of water held by the narrow tube be on a graduated scale attached to it, we can find at once...and by comparing this with the weight of the sand, we have its true specific gravity. Aware that some solid bodies, such as charcoal, hold much condensed... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Fluid mechanics - 1837 - 516 pages
...the difference between the weight of the solid, and that of an equal bulk of the fluid; therefore, the weight of a quantity of water, equal in bulk to the solid, is sw — w + ni = j — - - • - -J « — fs — / Then, as the specific gravity of the body, is... | |
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... once what is the weight of a quantity of water, equal in bulk to the solid matter in the sand ; and by comparing this with the weight of the sand, we have its true specific gravity. 
