Hall, Edwin Herbert, 1855-1938 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 37
f itfloated just half in and half out of water, we should know its specificgravity to be 0.5. The cylinder that we have to use will not float allin water or exactly half in water, but if we float it, and find thelength of tlie part then in the water, we shall, by comparing thiswith the length of… … means of the holder, which is attached to the side of the jar. Jeggle the cylinder to make sure that itis free to take its proper posi-tion. After each joggling itshould come to rest at the samedepth as before. The ruigsof theholder must not grip the cylin-der at all. When sure that thecylinder…
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