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" The units of capacity measure are the gallon for liquid, and the bushel for dry measure. The gallon is a vessel containing 58372.2 grains (8.3389 pounds avoirdupois) of the standard pound of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density of water,... "
A Collection of Tables and Formulæ Useful in Surveying, Geodesy and ... - Page xxi
by Thomas Jefferson Lee - 1853 - 242 pages
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Arithmetic, Practically Applied ...

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....
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Elements of Arithmetic, Part 2

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...
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Construction and Distribution ...

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)...
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Arithmetic, Practically Applied, for Advanced Pupils, and for Private ...

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....
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Arithmetic, Practically Applied, for Advanced Pupils, and for Private ...

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....
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A Collection of the British Statutes in Force in Maryland, According to the ...

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...
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Professional Papers of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army

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)...
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The Political Code of the State of California, Volume 1

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)...
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Science, Volume 20

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...
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Manual of Heavy Artillery Service: Prepared for the Use of the Army and ...

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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