| Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 pages
...= 4 = 8 = 32 1 = 2 = 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°.83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit.... | |
| Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...gallons make 1 hogshead. hhd. The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains, (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois,} of the standard pound of distilled water,at the temperature of 39°. 83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer... | |
| 34th Congress 3d Session - 1857 - 226 pages
...for expansion in one yard 0,000,378,325,08 of an inch for one degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer. 2. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid,...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 82° Fahrenheit, The. bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77. 6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
| Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - 1857 - 388 pages
...4 = 8 = 32 1 = 2 =. 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°. 83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit.... | |
| Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase, Phiny Earie Chase - 1857 - 394 pages
...1 = 4 = 8 = 32 1=2= 8 1 = 4 The United States standard for measuring liquids, is the gallon, which is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds...standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of 39».83 Fahrenheit, the vessel being weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62" Fahrenheit.... | |
| Maryland - 1870 - 908 pages
...for expansion in one yard 0.000,378,325,08 of an inch for one degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer. 2. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid,...temperature of maximum density of water, the vessel heing weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62° Fahrenheit. 3. The standard of weight... | |
| United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1873 - 350 pages
...expressed in square miles. The following are the relations of square measure : Measure of Capacity. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 620 Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
| California - 1874 - 808 pages
...or for expansion in one yard, 0,000,378,325,08 of an inch for 1 deg. of Fahrenheit's thermometer. 2. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid,...weighed in air in which the barometer is 30 inches at 62 degs. Fahrenheit. The bushel is a measure containing 543391.89 standard grains (77.6274 pounds avoirdupois)... | |
| 1892 - 448 pages
...The report on "Weights and Measures," by the Secretary of the Treasury (Senate Doc., 1857), says: " The gallon is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389...in air in which the barometer is 30 inches, at 62° F." In view of all this confusion I thought it best to calculate a value for myself, basing my work... | |
| John Caldwell Tidball - 1884 - 698 pages
...containing 543391.89 standard grains(77.6274 pounds avoirdupois) of distilled water, weighed as above. The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid...distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density, (39°.83 Fahrenheit,) the vessel being weighed in air at 62° F., the barometer standing at 30 inches.... | |
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