 Gallon., containing Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at...  The merchants' handbook - Page 110by William Alfred BROWNE - 1872 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1863 - 162 pages
...measure of capacity as well for liquids as for drygoods, not measured by heaped measure, shall be the gallon containing 10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, temperature 02° Fahrenheit's thermometer, barometer SO inches — unit of all standard measures of... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1866 - 530 pages
...avoirdupois ; drachm avoirdupois equals ¿r of ounce avoirdupois. "3. Standard gallon 'containing 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 80 inches,' the same being in bulk equal to 277'274 cubic inches.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1888 - 480 pages
...for liquids as for grain, seeds, fruits, etc., shall be the Imperial Standard Gallon, containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of 02' of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer* being at 30 inches, the bulk of such water being 277.274... | |
 | 1869 - 790 pages
...for liquids 09 for dry goods not measured by heap measures shall be the Gallon, containing 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 60° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches. t The Pound Tower = 5400 grains... | |
 | Charles Hutton Dowling - 1872 - 262 pages
...these standards. 3. Standard of Capacity. — The standard Gallon, "containing 10 Ib. avoirdupois, the weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches." By the report of the Royal Commissioners, the weight... | |
 | Canada - 1873 - 576 pages
...the cubic foot, containing sixty -two pounds and three hundred and twenty -one thousandths of a pound avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of sixtytwo degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches ; except as relates... | |
 | Samuel Griffiths - 1873 - 592 pages
...which the Standard Troy Pound shall contain 5760. STANDARD GALLON. The Standard Gallon shall contain 10 Pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. It shall contain 277^ cubic inches. STANDARD FOE HEAPED... | |
 | 1873 - 576 pages
...the cubic foot, containing sixty-two pounds and three hundred and twenty-one thousandths of a pound avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of sixtytwo degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches ; except as relates... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - 1874 - 176 pages
...625)500000 16)800_ 10)50 5 A. MEASURES OF CAPACITY. 324. The Standard Unit of capacity, in Great Britain, is the Imperial gallon, containing 10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at a temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being 30 inches. This weight of water fills 277.274... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1876 - 418 pages
...measures, it was enacted, 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 252-458 grains." Of these grains thus determined the pound Avoirdupois consists of 7,000.... | |
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