Henderson, C. Hanford (Charles Hanford), 1861-1941, Woodhull, John F. (John Francis), 1857-1941 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 51
water in the jar willindicate the cubical con-tents of the stone. Or,the jar may be completelyfilled with water, the stonecarefully lowered into it,and the overflow of watercaught in a measuringglass, as shown in figure.The volume of fluids is obtained by measuring thedimensions of the containing… … wmmm nw Fig. 15.—Measuring the volume of astone. MEASUREMENT OF MATTER 35 volume by means of the known relation between the weightand volume of the mercury (see Chapter VII). As every cubic centimetre of mercury weighs 13.56grammes, we have only to divide the weight of the mercuryin grammes by…
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