 | R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 pages
...water ; and this is found by weighing the body first in air, in the common way, and then in water,* and dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water. Thus, if a guinea be found to weigh 129 grains in air, and on its being suspended in water it weighs... | |
 | James Renwick - Chemistry - 1840 - 462 pages
...statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and this is solved by dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water. Balances are fitted up for the purpose of weigh, ing conveniently in air and in water, and are then... | |
 | James Renwick - Chemistry - 1845 - 456 pages
...statement in proportion of which the third term is one, will give the specific gravity ; and this is solved by dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water. Balances are fitted up for the purpose of weighing conveniently in air and in water, and are then called... | |
 | Daniel Pereira Gardner - Agriculture - 1846 - 898 pages
...solids is taken by first weighing a piece in air, and then weighing it immersed in pure water, and dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water. Fluids are examined either by filling a bottle known to contain precisely 1000 grains of pure water,... | |
 | Benjamin Pike (Jr.) - Scientific apparatus and instruments - 1848 - 482 pages
...weight of the body in air, and its loss of weight in water, its specific gravity may be ascertained by dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water, the quotient is the specific gravity. Price, $3.50. Nicholson's Hydrostatic Balance. — (Fig. 242,... | |
 | Benjamin Pike - Science - 1848 - 356 pages
...weight of the body in air, and its ( loss of weight in water, its specific gravity may be ascertained by dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water, the quotient is the specific gravity. Price, $3.50. Nicholson's Hydrostatic Balance. — (Fig. 242,... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1869 - 664 pages
...all bodies that sink in water may be found first by weighing the body in air and then in water, and dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water. For example, a guinea weighs one hundred and twenty-nine grains in air, and when weighed in water it... | |
 | Charles Loudon Bloxam - Metallurgy - 1870 - 328 pages
...by weighing it first in the ordinary way, and afterwards when suspended in water, and dividing its weight in air by the loss of weight in water, when the quotient, for a genuine coin, would be 1o'3- Of course, if the coin be new, it will be sufficient to... | |
 | Charles Loudon Bloxam - Metallurgy - 1872 - 328 pages
...by weighing it first in the ordinary way, and afterwards when suspended in water, and dividing its weight in air by the loss of weight in water, when the quotient, for a genuine coin, would be io-3. Of course, if the coin be new, it will be sufficient to... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1877 - 528 pages
...was weighed in air and then in water, the temperature during the experiment being 20° C. By simply dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water, the specific gravity was found, without applying any corrections, Of platinum = 23-055. Of copper =... | |
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The specific gravities of all bodies that sink in water may be found first by weighing the body in air and then in water, and dividing the weight in air by the loss of weight in water. 
