Allen, Charles Ricketson, 1862- [from old catalog] · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 92
are expressed in kilograms and decimals of a kilo-gram ; small weights in grams and decimals of a gram.In a general way, the kilogram, is used in place of the poundin English measure, and the gram in place of the ounce. The Balance.—This instrument is represented in Fig. 59.S is the support, BB the… … weights in the right-hand pan, one by one, until the beamagain hangs level. Then the sum of the weights used isthe weight of the body. The weights used in laboratoriesare generally metric. The larger ones down to one gramare made of brass (Fig. 60), and their values are stampedon the top. Weights…
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