Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252 grains, and... NBS Special Publication - Page 231957Full view - About this book
| 1825 - 458 pages
...the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of C2 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to two hundred and... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...accuracy, is as follows : The commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject, having ascertained that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at a temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252... | |
| Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...Commissioners appointed by His Majesty to inquire ' into the Subjects of Weights and Measures, that a Cubic Inch ' of distilled Water, weighed in Air by Brass Weights, at the ' Temperature of Sixty two degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, ' the Barometer being at Thirty Inches, is equal to... | |
| Luke Herbert - 1825 - 396 pages
...be recovered by reference to the weight of a cubic inch of water ; it having been ascertained that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 deg. Fan . and the barometer at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains, and as the Standard troy pound... | |
| William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 442 pages
...commissioners appointed by his majesty to inquire into the subjects of weights and, measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches, is equal to 252... | |
| 1827 - 478 pages
...the cube, cylinder, and sphere, the Commissioners of Weights and Measures determined the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of b'2° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, to be equal to two hundred and... | |
| Robert Brunton - 1828 - 222 pages
...contain 1210 square yards, an acre 4840 square yards, or 160 square perches, poles or rods. STANDARD POUND. A cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 degrees Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 80 inches, is equal to 252 grains and 458 thousandth parts... | |
| Esq. James Watson - 1828 - 602 pages
...Commissioners appointed by his " Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and mea" sures, that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air " by brass weights, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees " of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at ihir" ty inches, is equal to... | |
| John Milne - 1830 - 216 pages
...Commissioners appointed to regulate the weights and measures of these kingdoms, it was ascertained, " That a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 deg. Fah. and the barometer at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains ; and as the standard troy pound... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 630 pages
...he recovered by reference to the weight of a cubic, inch of water; it having been ascertained that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of (J2° (Fahrenheit), and the barometer at 30 inches, is equal to 253.45S grains ; and, as the standard... | |
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