 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1859 - 368 pages
...subdivisions. 10 litres make 1 decalitre; 10 decalitres " 1 hectolitre ; 10 hectolitres " 1 kilolitre. The unit of weight is the Gramme, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of water, at its maximum density, and is about 15.434 grains, troy weight. Its subdivisions,... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot - 1872 - 588 pages
...its length equals 1-0936 yard. The unit of the measure of capacity is the litre or cubic decimeter. The unit of weight is the gramme, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at 4° C. The kilogramme contains 1,000 grammes, or is the weight... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot, Edmund Atkinson - Physics - 1872 - 552 pages
...its length equals 1-0936 yard. The unit of the measure of capacity is the litre or cubic decimeter. The unit of weight is the gramme, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at 4° C. The kilogramme contains 1,000 grammes, or is the weight... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot, Edmund Atkinson - Physics - 1875 - 614 pages
...1,000 millimetres, its length equals 1-0936 yard. The unit of the measure of capacity is the litre or cubic decimetre. The unit of weight is the gramme, which is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. The kilogramme contains 1,000 grammes, or is the weight... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot - Physics - 1879 - 1000 pages
...1,000 millimetres, its length equals 1-0936 yards. The unit of the measure of capacity is the litre or cubic decimetre. The unit of weight is the gramme, which is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. The kilogramme contains 1,000 grammes, or is the weight... | |
 | Frank Clowes - 1880 - 396 pages
...hecto-, kilo-, &c. ; examples of this will be found in the tables given below. 561. The starting-point of the French system is the "metre" ( = 39-37 inches);...centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. The chief conveniencies arising from the use of this system are : — 1st. That all the different denominations... | |
 | John Attfield - 1881 - 854 pages
...Capacity. — The Unit of Capacity is the LITRE, which is the Cube of a Tenth part of a Metre. Weight. — The Unit of Weight is the GRAMME, which is the Weight of that quantity of distilled water, at its maximum density, which fills a Cube of the One hundredth part... | |
 | Agriculture - 1881 - 364 pages
...ordinary measure used in buying and selling grain, roots and other farm products, including wine and oil. The unit of weight is the gramme, which is the weight of one cubic centimetre of distilled water at the level of the sea, and at its maximum density — 40... | |
 | John Hornby - Gas - 1894 - 320 pages
...unit of measure " is the " litre," which is 1 cubic decimetre. The " unit of weight " is the gram, which is the weight of 1 cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. Specific Gravity. Per Specific Gravity. Per cent. S. Specific Gravity. Per cent. S. Specific Gravity.... | |
 | Frank Clowes - Chemistry - 1899 - 584 pages
...prefixes deca-, hecto-, kilo-, &c. The starting point of the French system is the "metre" ( = 89'37 inches) ; this is the "unit of length." The "unit...at 4° C. The chief conveniences arising from the nse of this system are : — 1st. That all the different denominations can be written as one ; since... | |
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metre" ( = 39-37 inches); this is the "unit of length." The "unit of measure" is the "litre," which is one cubic decimetre : the "unit of weight" is the gramme*, which is the weight of 1 cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. The chief conveniencies... 
