 A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness. Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water.  A Treatise of Practical Mathematics - Page 42by Andrew Bell - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Augustus William Smith - 1855 - 368 pages
...will stand or fall when the water is on a level with the top. CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 403. DBF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - 1855 - 340 pages
...greatest height of water it will sustain without being overturned. CHAPTER IL SPECIFIC GRAvITY. 403. DBF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - 1863 - 340 pages
...height of water it will sustain without being overturned. CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. , 403. DEF. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of the body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard of comparison, and... | |
 | Thomas Wilhelm - 1881 - 712 pages
...gravity is in the inverse proportion to the square of the body's distance from the centre of the earth. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of a body to that of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a standard, usually pure distilled water... | |
 | Thomas Wilhelm - 1881 - 676 pages
...gravity is in the inverse proportion to the square of the body's distance from the centre of the earth. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of n body to that of an equal volume of some other body assumed as a standard, usually pure distilled... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - 1881 - 446 pages
...Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water. Square root. One of two equal factors. • Stock. Capital invested... | |
 | sir Arthur Herbert Church - 1882 - 300 pages
...experiment is to be tried with a piece of lead, and, 3, with a piece of glass, and, 4, with a silver coin. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of any volume of that body to the weight of an equal volume of water. It is expressed by a number which... | |
 | 1882 - 376 pages
...it can be seen what part of the instrument is below the surface of the fluid in which it floats. 7. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of the weight of its volume to the weight of the same volume of water. When the instrument is placed in a fluid, the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, Thomas Hill - 1882 - 376 pages
...Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water. Square root. One of two equal factors. Stock Capital invested in... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1886 - 392 pages
...Solution. The process by which the answer to a question is obtained. Specific gravity of a substance. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of it to that of an equal volume of water. Square root. One of two equal factors. Stock. Capital invested in... | |
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