 | James Dwight Dana - 1837 - 810 Seiten
...the unit. It results from the nature of a fluid, that the weight lost by a solid immersed in water, is equal to the weight of an equal volume of water. The determination of specific gravity is, therefore, a very simple process. We ascertain the weight out... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1844 - 652 Seiten
...the unit. It results from the nature of a fluid, that the weight lost by a solid immersed in water, is equal to the weight of an equal volume of water. The determination of specific gravity is, therefore, a very simple process. We ascertain the weight out... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1850 - 800 Seiten
...the unit. It results from the nature of a fluid, that the weight lost by a solid immersed in water, is equal to the weight of an equal volume of water. The determination of specific gravity is, therefore, a very simple process. We ascertain the weight out... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1851 - 458 Seiten
...(keeping the scales clear of the water,) and weigh it again : subtract the second weight from theirs/, to ascertain the loss by immersion, and divide the...is the specific gravity. The loss by immersion is 1 equal to the weight of the same bulk of water as the mineral.* A better and more simple process than... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1853 - 444 Seiten
...tumbler of water, (keeping the scales clear of the water,) and weigh it again : subtract the second weight from the first, to ascertain the loss by immersion,...is the specific gravity. The loss by immersion is 1 equal to the weight of the same bulk of water as the mineral.* A better and more simple process than... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1855 - 446 Seiten
...(keeping the scales clear of the water,) and weigh it again : subtract the second weight from theirs/, to ascertain the loss by immersion, and divide the...gravity. The loss by immersion is equal to the weight of the same bulk of water as the mineral.* A better and more simple process than the above, and one available... | |
 | J.D. Dana - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...weigh it again : subtract the second weight from the first, to ascertain the loss by immersion, ajnd divide the first by the difference obtained : the...is the specific gravity. The loss by immersion is II equal to the weight of the same bulk of water as the mineral.* A better and more simple process... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1869 - 512 Seiten
...water, (keeping the scales clear of the water,) and weigh it again : subtract the second weight Irom the first, to ascertain the loss by immersion, and...gravity. The loss by immersion is equal to the weight of the same bulk of water as the mineral.* A better and more simple process than the above, and one available... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1876 - 458 Seiten
...(keeping the scales clear of the water,) and weigh it again : subtract the second weight irom theirs/, to ascertain the loss by immersion, and divide the...gravity. The loss by immersion is equal to the weight of the same bulk of water as the mineral.* A better and more simple process than the above, and one available... | |
 | Wallace Clement Sabine - 1893 - 152 Seiten
...When submerged it weighs less, being lifted in part by the water. The loss of weight when in water is equal to the weight of an equal volume of water. the upper scale pan and add weights until the hydrometer sinks to the mark on the stem. The total weight... | |
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... the mineral in the ordinary way, with a delicate pair of scales : next sus- 98 pend the mineral by a hair or fiber of , silk to one of the scales, immerse it thus suspended in a tumbler of water, (keeping the scales clear of the water,) and weigh... 
