 | Edwin Herbert Hall - Physics - 1891 - 428 pages
...loss of weight of an object immersed in water bears to the weight of the displaced water, that is, to the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the object itself. In order in a slightly different way to get at the answer to the question just asked,... | |
 | Edward Livingston Wilson - Photography - 1894 - 538 pages
...difference between the weight of the heavier solid in air and its weight in water; the remainder will show the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the light body. If the weight of the light body be 10 and of the heavy solid 20; and if the heavy solid... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1900 - 428 pages
...cask will support in fresh water? A. — By finding the difference between the weight of the cask and the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the cask. 1.062. Q. — What does a cubic inch of fresh water weigh? A. — .0361253 pound. 1.063. Q. —... | |
 | Henry Cavendish - 530 pages
...bulk of water, which, as no air is less than 500 times lighter than water, is very nearly equal to the weight of a quantity of water, equal in bulk to the included air. It must be observed, that a common balance is not convenient for weighing the vessels... | |
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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. 
