A hand book of general instruction for mechanics, containing useful rules and memoranda for practical men (1907)
Smith, Franklin Elijah, 1872- · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 255
ad will now offer verylittle difficulty in solving. To find the weight of any body, we proceed first byfinding its area, and having obtained the area the weightis found by multiplying the weight of a cubic foot of thematerial by the area in feet. Or, if the area is given ininches, the weight will… … Fig. 55 4 feet = 48 inches.6 inches = 6 inches.8 feet = 96 inches.Then 48 X 6 X 96 = 27648 cubic inches areaThe specific gravity of cast iron being 7.110 the weight,of a cubic foot of cast iron will equal 7.110 X 62.5 = 444.3750 1b. CIRCULAR MEASURE 243 And since a cubic foot weighs 444.3750…
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