Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 133
pan. If w isLess than 1,000 grains, it will show that the liquid is lighter than water; and if it is more than 1,000grains, it will show that it is heavier. This instrument may also beused to find the specific gravity of solids, or as a delicate balance.For these purposes it has a small cup or wire… … 2337. Jl ~1 piece of the substance whichweighs less than 1,000 grains.Suppose the substance to besulphur, and that 440 grainsare required to be added tomake the instrument sinkto the mark on the stem,the weight of the sulphur is,evidently, 1,000 — 440 = 560grains. Now, what it loses ifweighed in…
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