 | Roger Cotes - 1747 - 356 Seiten
...balance, placed at the bottom of a large veflel full of water as reprefented in FIG. 26. For having found the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the bubble (by immerling it wholly in the water of the cylindrical glafs abovementioned) and alfo the excefs... | |
 | 1764 - 404 Seiten
...as much weight into the fcale as will reftore the balance to aa equipoife ; and this weight will be the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the quickfilver. Laftly, divide the weight of the quickfilver in air by the weight of its bulk of water,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1764 - 322 Seiten
...weight into the oppofite fcale as will reftore the balance to an equipoife; and this weight will be the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the quickfilver. Laftly, divide the weight of the quickfilver in air, by the weight of its bulk of water,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1776 - 546 Seiten
...weight into the oppofite fcale as will reItore the balance to an equipoife -, and this •weight will ba the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the quickfilver. Laftly, divide the weight of the quickfilver in air, by the weight of its bulk of water,... | |
 | John Playfair - 1812 - 344 Seiten
...suppose to be nearly the same with its weight in air), and if W be its weight in water, W — W is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the body: It follows from § 30, that the weight of any body divided by the weight of an equal bulk of... | |
 | 1825 - 798 Seiten
...water held by the narrow tube Ъ e on и graduated scale attached to it, we can find at once what is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the solid matter in the sand, and by comparing this with the weight of the sand in air, we have its true... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1825 - 644 Seiten
...from that of the heavier body, and add the remainder to that of the former in air, we shall obtain the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the lighter body, and we have then only to divide the weight of the lighter body in air by this last mentioned... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 448 Seiten
...water held by the narrow tube b, c, on a graduated scale attached to it, we can find at once what is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the solid matter in the sand, and by comparing this with the weight of the sand we have its true specific... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1827 - 678 Seiten
...of water held by the narrow tube be on a graduated scale attached to it, we can find at once what is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the solid matter in the sand, and by comparing this with the weight of the sand, '• we have its true... | |
 | William Galbraith - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...body in vacuo, (which is nearly the same as that in air,) and W' its weight in water, then W — W is the weight of a quantity of water equal in bulk to the body ; and since the weight of any body divided by an equal bulk of water, measures the specific iffl... | |
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... once what is the weight of a quantity of water, equal in bulk to the solid matter in the sand ; and by comparing this with the weight of the sand, we have its true specific gravity. 
