 | Denison Olmsted - 1838 - 376 halaman
...it to the same level as before. This weight will show the loss of weight of the body in water; and the weight in air, divided by the loss of weight in water, gives the specific gravity. As the cylindrical stem of the instrument is only one fortieth of an inch in diameter, the instrument... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1844 - 618 halaman
...it to the same level as before. This weight will show the loss of weight of the body in water; and the weight in air, divided by the loss of weight in water, gives the specific gravity. As the cylindrical stem of the instrument is only one fortieth of an inch in diameter, the instrument... | |
 | Charles Mayer Wetherill - 1860 - 312 halaman
...weight in water, which is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the solid. Consequently, the weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water, will give a number which represents the specific gravity of the solid. We can obtain the same result... | |
 | Henry Evers - 1874 - 216 halaman
...air, next it is weighed being immersed in water; and, the loss of weight in water determined, then the weight in air, divided by the loss of weight in. water, is the specific gravity of the substance. If w be the weight in air, and w ' its weight in water, then... | |
 | Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences - 1882 - 502 halaman
...soaked until air bubbles ceased to come from them, then weighed in water. The specific gravity (quals the weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water. 2. To determine the absorption of moisture, the pieces were' first dried by means of a water bath at... | |
 | 1884 - 540 halaman
...to one side of the balance by a fine thread, are immersed in water and weighed. The ordinary weight divided by the loss of weight in water, gives the specific gravity of the solid. Solids lighter than water are first weighed, and then attached or tied to some heavy... | |
 | Wilbur Samuel Jackman - 1890 - 86 halaman
...a fine thread, and immerse it entirely in a small vessel of water, and obtain its weight submerged. The weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water is the specific gravity. 2. Which specimen has the greatest specific gravity ? Which the least ? Do... | |
 | Wilbur Samuel Jackman - 1891 - 474 halaman
...a fine thread, and immerse it entirely in a small vessel of water, and obtain its weight submerged. The weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water is the specific gravity. 2. Which specimen has the greatest specific gravity ? which the least ? Do... | |
 | Walter E. Woodbury - 1896 - 544 halaman
...equal bulk of water. The practical rule is, weigh the body in air, then in pure distilled water, and the weight in air, divided by the loss of weight in water, will give the specific gravity of the body. In designating the gravities of gases, the standard of... | |
 | George Jarvis Brush - 1898 - 508 halaman
...when the position of the bead is again noted, = z. Hence y — z is the loss of we.igld in water, and the weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water gives the specific gravity. The Beam Balance. — This is a simple piece of apparatus (Fig. 37S) which can be easily constructed.... | |
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If a certain mass be weighed first in air then in water, and the weight in air divided by the loss of weight in water, the... 
