Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 103
of aliquid found by means of the balance ? 100 POPULAR PHYSICS. specific gravity is to be determined, as, for example, a ballof platinum. Weigh this body first in air, then in water,and finally in the liquid in question. Subtract the secondand third weights from the first separately; the… … Fig. 66. 2. By Fahrenheits Hydrometer.—Fahrenheits Hydro-meter consists of a glass cylinder ballasted at the bottom bya small globe filled with mercury, and provided at top witha stem and scale pan as shown in Fig. 66. Its weight iscarefully determined. To use the hydrometer, it is first plunged…
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