| Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1899 - 384 Seiten
...62° F., barometer 30 ins., was made the standard of capacity for liquid measures. At the same time, a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62° F., the barometer at 30 ins., was declared to contain 252.458 grains, thus making the contents of the... | |
| Henry Atton - 1910 - 546 Seiten
...same custody ; date of construction, 1758. This might at any time be reconstructed by comparison with a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights at 62° F., barometer at 30 inches. A new gallon measure, much larger than the old wine measure, was prescribed,... | |
| Otto Augustus Wall - 1917 - 268 Seiten
...lowest denomination of this system was the grain, which was determined by act of Parliament as follows: "A cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62° F., the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains." The grain had been in use previous... | |
| John Arthur Slater - 1924 - 640 Seiten
...value of the grain is sot forth in the Act of Parliament, 5 Geo. IV, c. 74, in the following words : " A cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air, by brass weights, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 262 grains and four hundred... | |
| 1957 - 168 Seiten
...pendulum beating seconds in a vacuum at sea level in the latitude of London, and that of the pound, "a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit-s thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches." *Figures in brackets indicate the... | |
| Ronald Edward Zupko - 1990 - 578 Seiten
...ll). The troy pound could be reconstructed in the event of some injury by reference to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at a temperature of 62 F. and a barometric pressure reading of 30 inches. Parliament legalized the weight... | |
| Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1898 - 714 Seiten
...62° F., barometer 30 ins., was made the standard of capacity for liquid measures. At the same time, a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62" F., the barometer at 30 ins., was declared to contain 252-458 grains, thus making the contents of the... | |
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