 | George Minchin Minchin - Hydrodynamics - 1892 - 460 pages
...homogeneous solid or liquid means, in its ordinary employment, the ratio of the weight of any volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the temperature o° C. Thus, for example, in the following table of specific gravities : gold 19.3... | |
 | George Minchin Minchin - Hydrostatics - 1912 - 216 pages
...homogeneous solid or liquid means, in its ordinary employment, the ratio of the weight of any volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the temperature o° C. Thus, for example, in the following table of specific gravities : _ i9-3 silver... | |
 | United States - 1918 - 840 pages
...is used as a standard. Specific gravity, when water is used as the standard of unity, is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of any substance to...the weight of an equal volume of distilled water; and is found by dividing the first weight by the second. Distilled water weighs 62.4 Ibs. per cubic... | |
 | Frederick Arthur Burt - Technology & Engineering - 1927 - 104 pages
...meet with sharp irregular edges. Specific Gravity Specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at 4° Centigrade. In practical mineralogical work water of room temperature is used. A few water-soluble... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Machinery - 1957 - 724 pages
...temperature at which it will flow or can be poured. SPECIFIC GRAVITY is a comparison of the weight of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water, at a specified temperature. As an example, water weighs approximately 8 pounds to the gallon ; an oil... | |
 | United States. Flight Standards Service - Technology & Engineering - 1971 - 516 pages
...temperature at which it will flow or can be poured. (3) Specific gravity is a comparison of the weight of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at a specified temperature. As an example, water weighs approximately 8 lbs. to the gallon ; an oil with... | |
 | Engineering geology - 1991 - 630 pages
...the burden and parallel to the free face of expected rock movement. Specific gravity. — The ratio of the weight of a given volume of any substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. Spitter cord. — See Ignitacord. Springing. — See chambering. Square pattern. — A pattern... | |
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Specific Gravity. The ratio of the weight of a given volume of any substance to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water, and is found by dividing the first weight by the second. 