 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...from its weight when out of it. Subtract the lesser of these remainders from the greater; then say, As the last remainder Is to the weight of the light...gravity of water To the specific gravity of the body. Suppose a piece of cork weighs 25/6. in air, and that a piece of lead, which weighs 100/6. in air and... | |
 | William Marrat - Mechanics - 1810 - 512 pages
...body loses in water. Then say, As the weight lost in water, It to the abtolttte weight of the body, So is the specific gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body. For, let W be the weight of the body, u> the weight lost in the fluid, which by art. 487, is also equal... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then say, by proportion, As the last remainder, Is to the weight of the light...gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body. mi -f • 1 hat is, the specific gravity is / ' , C — c) - (H - h}' by cor. 6, prop. 64. EXAMPLE.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...which will be the weight lost in water. Then say, As the weight lost in water, Is to the whole weight> So is the specific gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body. EXAMPLE. A piece of stone weighed lOlb, but in water only 6-jlb, required its specific gravity f Ans. 2609.... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...in air; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then, as this last remainder, Js to the weight of the light body in air, So is the specific gravity of the fluid, To the spécifie gravity of that body. X. The specific gravities of bodies of equal Weight,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 604 pages
...weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then use this proportion : As the last remainder Is to the weight of the light...gravity of water To the specific gravity of the body. This also follows from cor. 9. art. 397, where it was shewn III. When the specific gravity of ajiuid... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 394 pages
...much each loses in the water, and subtract those losses from the whole weight of each in air. Then, as the last remainder is to the weight of the light body in air, so is the gravity of water to the gravity of the body. 3. "Whim a fluid is to be weighed." Weigh the fluid in... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...from its weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then, As this last remainder Is to the weight of the light body in air, So is the specific gravity of the fluid To the specific gravity of that body. Observation!'. The object of the hydrostatical balance... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - Chemistry - 1822 - 774 pages
...its weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then, As this hist remainder Is to the weight of the light body in air, So is the specific gravity of the fluid To the specific gravity of that body. Observations. The object of the hydrostatical balance... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 680 pages
...its weight in air; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then say, As tli€ last remainder^ Is to the weight of the light body in air, So is tlie specific gravity of water, To the specific gravity of the body; EXAMPLE. Suppose a piece of elm... | |
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Weigh the denser body, and the compound mass separately, both in water, and out of it ; then find how much each loses in water, by subtracting its weight in water from its weight in air ; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then... 
