The elements of natural and experimental philosophy .. (1834)
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767-1840, Smith, E. A · New York, M'Elrath, Bangs & Herbert · leaf 78
and ex-amine the saturation of brine in salt-works. The deeper the hydrometersinks in spirits, the better they are ; inworts and brine the contrary. Hydro-meters are commonly hollow balls of glass, with a smaller ball, 244. How much less does a solid weigh in a fluid than in the open air 1245. What… … 76 HYDROSTATICS. containing quicksilver at the bottom, and a slender tube at the top.The tube or stem is graduated, that the depth to which it sinksmay be known. CIX. The specific gravity of all bodies thatsink in water may be found, first by weighingthe body in air, then in water, and dividing…
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