 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 Seiten
...above standard. The pound troy, from the standard of 1758, is also defined by determining that the cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at 62°, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains (the pound being 5,760 grains).... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 Seiten
...above standard. The pound troy, from the standard of 1758, is also defined by determining that the cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at 62°, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains (the pound being 5,760 grains).... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1865 - 978 Seiten
...of this country is the grain, which i? ordered by Act of Parliament, б Geo. IV. с, 74, to be euch that 'a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to two hundred and... | |
 | George William Cox - 1867 - 1002 Seiten
...weight of this country is the grain, which is ordered by Act of Parliament, 5 Geo. IV. c. 74, to be such that 'a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to two hundred and... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1872 - 210 Seiten
...explicitly declared to have been " ascertained by the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, &c., that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of FAHRENHEIT'S thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches, is equal to two... | |
 | FREDERICK A.P. BERNARD, S.T.D., I.I.D., - 1872 - 200 Seiten
...explicitly declared to have been " ascertained by the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, &c., that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of FAHRENHEIT'S thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches, is equal to two... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 836 Seiten
...the standard. The standard grain, prescribed by act of parliament in the reign of George IV., is such that " a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252*458 grains." AVOLA (anc.... | |
 | Samuel Griffiths - 1873 - 592 Seiten
...1210 square yards, an Acre, 4840 square yards, or ICO square perches, poles, or rods. STANDARD POUND. A Cubic Inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 degrees Fahrenheit, the barometer being at' 30 inches, is equal to 252 grains and 458 thousandth parts... | |
 | Charles Robert Cross - 1873 - 182 Seiten
...They also denned the grain weight by adopting the results of Shtickburgk and Kater, according to which a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights at a temperature of 62° Fahr., with the barometer at 30 inches, was equal to 252.458 grains, of which... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 Seiten
...English standard pound of 1758. It was determined, according to the Act of George IV, as follows : — A cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at 62° F., the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains, of which the standard Troy pound... | |
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Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252 grains, and... 
