 | George Fownes - 1845 - 498 ページ
...mean its mass or quantity of matter, compared witli the mass or quantity of matter of an equal volvme of some standard body, arbitrarily chosen. Specific...of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume, of the standard body, which is reckoned as unity.* In all cases of solids and liquids... | |
 | John Livingston Ludlow - 1846 - 710 ページ
...equal bulk or volume of the standard body which is reckoned as unity. While density denotes the mass or quantity of matter, compared with the mass or quantity...equal volume of some standard body arbitrarily chosen. — (Fotcne's Chem.) Q. What weight is taken as the unit or standard in computing the specific gravity... | |
 | George Fownes - 1847 - 478 ページ
...what is meant by the terms density and specific gravity. By the density of a body we mean its mass or quantity of matter, compared with the mass or quantity...of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume, of the standard body which is reckoned as unity.* In all cases of solids and liquids... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1851 - 638 ページ
...to become shorter. CHAPTER II.— SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 1900. WHAT is meant by specific gravity? A. It denotes the weight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other body taken as a standard. 1901. What body is commonly used as a standard ? A. The... | |
 | George Fownes - 1855 - 578 ページ
...specific gravity. By the demity of a body is meant its mass, or quantity of matter, compared with the moss or quantity of matter of an equal volume of some standard body, arbitrarily chosen. Speeifie gravity denotes the weight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume,... | |
 | George Fownes - 1857 - 576 ページ
...what is meant by the terms density and specific gravity. By the density of a body is meant its mass, or quantity of matter, compared with the mass or quantity...of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume, of the standard body, which is reckoned as unity.' In all cases of solids and liquids... | |
 | George Fownes - 1859 - 600 ページ
...what is meant by the term density and specific gravity. By the density of a body is meant its mms, or quantity of matter, compared with the mass or quantity...of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume of the standard body, which is reckoned as unity.1 In all cases of solids and liquids... | |
 | George Fownes - 1860 - 612 ページ
...what is meant by the term density and specific gravity. By the density of a body is meant its mats, or quantity of matter, compared with the mass or quantity...body, arbitrarily chosen. Specific gravity denotes the veight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume of the standard body, which... | |
 | Alexander Henry - 1861 - 226 ページ
...from another ; in medicine, supposed to possess a peculiar efficacy in a disease. Specific Grav'ity. The weight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk or volume of some other body (as water) taken as the standard. Specif'ic Volume. In chemistry,... | |
 | Robert Evans Peterson - 1863 - 598 ページ
...and to become shorter. CHAPTER II.—SPECIFIC GRAVITY. I900* WHAT is meant by specific gravity? A. It denotes the weight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk of some other body taken as a standard. 1901 * What body is commonly used as a standard? A. The... | |
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Specific gravity denotes the weight of a body, as compared with the weight of an equal bulk, or volume, of the standard body, which is reckoned as unity. 
