 | 1827 - Страниц: 532
...whether dry or liquid, shall be the gallon, which shall be a vessel of such capacity as to contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, ten pounds of distilled water at its maximum density ; that all other measures of capacity shall be... | |
 | New York (State) - 1828 - Страниц: 1178
...measures. § 3. The gallon for liquids, shall be a vessel of such ca- Liquor*. pacity as to contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. § 4. The gallon for dry measure shall be a... | |
 | New York (State) - 1829 - Страниц: 876
...dry measures. 3 3. The gallon for liquids, shall be a vessel of such capacity as to L^UOH. contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. § 4. The gallon for dry measure shall be a... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1830 - Страниц: 806
...gallon, for liquids, which is to contain eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density, under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea ; the gallon for dry measure is to contain ten pounds of distilled water under the same circumstances.... | |
 | Robert Brunton - 1830 - Страниц: 260
...pure water at its maximum density weighs 62J such pounds, or 1,000 ounces, using brass weights, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea. STANDARD OF DRY MEASURE. The gallon of Dry Measure shall contain ten pounds of pure water, at its maximum... | |
 | 1834 - Страниц: 896
...the said pendulum i* 39.10158 inches. VOL. XIII.— No. 6 — JUNE, 1834. 49 Ions, shall contain at the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, eighty pounds of distilled water at its maximum of density. (To be continued.) AMERICAN PATENTS. 1IST... | |
 | Ohio - 1835 - Страниц: 70
...gallon, by Bushel cd. pints, half pints and gills. defin- Sec. 18. That the bushel shall contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, eighty pounds of distilled water, at its maximum density. Heaped mea- Sec. 19. That the standard measure... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1835 - Страниц: 810
...gallon, for liquids, which is to contain eight pounds of distilled water at its maximum density, under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea ; the gallon for dry measure is to contain ten pounds of distilled water under the same circumstances.... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - 1836 - Страниц: 730
...year, and the latitudes, as well as height, of the place of observation. " From various experiments, the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea is estimated at about thirty inches ; and, for common purposes, a tenth of an inch depression may be... | |
 | Samuel Higgs Gael - 1840 - Страниц: 364
...whether dry or liquid, shall be the gallon; which shall be a vessel of such capacity as to contain, at the mean pressure of the atmosphere, at the level of the sea, ten pounds of distilled water at its maximum density. In taking out patents for inventions, it is very... | |
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Thus it is a law of the nature of water that under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea, it boils at 212° Fahrenheit. 
