 | George Richardson Porter - 1838 - Liczba stron: 396
...measure, called an Imperial Gallon, was established. This gallon was declared to contain ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer — the barometer being at 30 inches. The content of the Imperial... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1839 - Liczba stron: 300
...established, as well for liquids as for dry substances. The Imperial gallon must contain "10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches." This quantity of water will be found... | |
 | 1839 - Liczba stron: 568
...established, as well for liquids as for dry substances. The Imperial gallon must contain " 10 pounds, Avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer standing at 30 inches." This quantity of water will be found... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - Liczba stron: 764
...liquids as for dry goods, not measured by heaped measure, shall be the gallon, containing ten pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches; and a measure made of brass,... | |
 | James Prinsep - 1840 - Liczba stron: 312
...gallons of England, with their multiples and divisions. This imperial gallon was made to contain 10 tbs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62e Farht. the harometer standing at 30 inches. It has a capacity therefore of 277.274 cubic inches.... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - Liczba stron: 246
...peck. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - Liczba stron: 258
...peck. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1848 - Liczba stron: 244
...gallon. 4 pecks make 1 bushel. 4 bushels make 1 coom. 2 cooms make 1 quarter. The gallon "contains 10 Ib. avoirdupois weight of distilled •water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1849 - Liczba stron: 388
...in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avairdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer'^eing at 30 inches. For a standard of weights, the law of England makes the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1850 - Liczba stron: 368
...in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avairdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. The Act of Parliament which brought the standards of... | |
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... avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches ; and such brass measure shall be "the Imperial Standard Gallon... 
