 The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall be derived, shall be the gallon containing ten imperial standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass...  A Treatise on Hydrostatics - Page 107by Sir George Greenhill - 1894 - 536 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1878 - 492 pages
...ten imperial standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed m air against brass weights, with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...the barometer at thirty inches. The quart shall be one-fourth part of a gallon, and the pint shall be one eighth part of the gallon. Two gallons shall... | |
 | Great Britain - 1878 - 760 pages
...standard pounds capaci y' weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights, with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...the pint shall be one eighth part of the gallon." Two gallons shall be a peck, and eight gallons shall be a bushel, and eight such bushels shall be a... | |
 | Canada - 1879 - 462 pages
...ten Dominion standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...the barometer at thirty inches ; The quart shall be one-fourth part of the gallon, and the Quart and pint shall be one-eighth part of the gallon ; pmt.... | |
 | George Crispe Whiteley - 1879 - 264 pages
...ten imperial standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights, with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...and with the barometer at thirty inches. The quart is one-fourth part of the gallon, and the pint is one-eighth part of the gallon. Two gallons are a... | |
 | James Shaw Sinclair - 1891 - 430 pages
...Dominion Standard pounds weight of distilled water, weighed in air against brass weights, with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...the barometer at thirty inches. The quart shall be one-fourth part of the gallon ; the pint shall be one-eighth part of the gallon :" BSC, c. 104, s.... | |
 | Scotland - 1900 - 664 pages
...ten imperial standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights, with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...and the pint shall be one eighth part of the gallon. Two gallons shall be a peck, and eight gallons shall be a bushel, and eight such bushels shall be a... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - 1905 - 676 pages
...water by meter shall be the " gallon containing ten Dominion standard pounds weight of distilled water at the " temperature of sixty-two degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and with the barometer " and twenty-one thousandth of a pound avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed " in air at the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1878 - 756 pages
...temperature of sixty-two degrees )f Fahrenheit's thermometer, and with the barometer at thirty Bches. The quart shall be one fourth part of the gallon, and the pint ihall be one eighth part of the gallon.' Two gallons shall be a peck, and eight gallons shall be a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1878 - 568 pages
...standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights, with the water and theair at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of Fahrenheit's...and the pint shall be one eighth part of the gallon. Two gallons shall be a peek, and eight gallons1 shall be a bushel, and eight such bushels shall be... | |
 | Canada - 1879 - 562 pages
...ten Dominion standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights with the water and the air at the temperature of sixty-two...the barometer at thirty inches ; The quart shall be one-fourth part of the gallon, and the Quart and pint shall be one-eighth part of the gallon ; pint... | |
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