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Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 18 (April 1887) (1887)

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olumn is divided by that of the other in the mirror. The level of the water can then be The determination of the specific gravity of solids column, and the quotient is the specific gravity. read off within a small fraction of a millimeter. The and liquids is one involving many precautions, if ac-… … objections. It gives a definite reading. One having four wheels at one end and two at the apparatus can be used for liquids of all specific DETEBMINING THE SPECIFIC GBAVITY OF APPABAT¥S FOB other; these wheels run upon rails suitably gravities, and errors due to capillarity are com- supported at…

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