The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill Practice, Volume 1

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McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1921 - Papermaking

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Page 104 - Measures of Length 10 millimeters (mm.) . . . . = 1 centimeter cm. 10 centimeters =1 decimeter dm. 10 decimeters =1 meter m. 10 meters =1 dekameter Dm. 10 dekameters =1 hektometer Hm. 10 hektometers =1 kilometer Km.
Page 103 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes =1 hour (hr.) 24...
Page 96 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 128 cubic feet = 1 cord (cd...
Page 105 - OF WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams = 1 dekagram (Dg...
Page 105 - CAPACITY 10 milliliters (ml.) = 1 centiliter (cl.) 10 centiliters = 1 deciliter (dl.) 10 deciliters = 1 liter (1) 10 liters = 1 dekaliter (Dl.) 10 dekaliters = 1 hectoliter (HI.) 10 hectoliters = 1 kiloliter (Kl.) MEASURES OF WEIGHT 10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram (eg.) 10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg.) 10 decigrams = 1 gram (g.) 10 grams...
Page 8 - The part of the equation which is on the left of the sign of equality is called the first member ; the part on the right of the sign of equality, the second member.
Page 44 - A hot body is one whose molecules are in a state of vibration. The higher the temperature of a body, the more rapid are these vibrations, and a diminution in temperature is but a diminished rapidity of the vibrations of the molecules. The propagation of heat through a bar is due to a gradual communication of this vibratory motion from the heated part to the rest of the bar. A good conductor is one which readily takes up and transmits the vibratory motion from molecule to molecule, while a bad conductor...
Page 100 - Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 48 - Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.
Page 3 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient.

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