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TABLE I. (Continued.)
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Bodies.
Sp. Grav.
VV. lb. A
Common spirit of wine.;.
837
0.03027
Spirit of wine, the purest that 4
can be had bv mere distil- :
820
0.2960
lation.y
Sulphuric ether.
739
0 02673
N itrous.
909
0.03288
Marine.
730
0.02640
Acetous ..
806
0.03132
Concentrated solph. acid.
2125
0.07686
1580
1194
0.05714
0.04319
-muriatic acid.
1500
0.05425
Bodies.
Oil of olives...
—- of sweet almonds.
Linseed-oil.
Naptha.
Gum elastic.
Camphor.
Yellow wax.
While ditto.
Spermaceti.
Tallow.
Heart of oak...
Cork.
Sp. Grav. jW. lb. Av
91 a917940708393989965909943 _9421170240
0.033090.033160.034000.025610.033750.035770.034900.035050.034110.034070.042320.CISC'S
The numbers in lliqse columns being the weight of a cubic foot, or 1728 cubic inches, and of a cubic inch, of each ofthe bodies, in avoirdupois ounces, by proportion the quantity in any other weight, or the weight of any other quantity,may be readily known.
TABLE II.
Shotting the absolute Weights and specific Gravities of Cases, and the Quantity of each absorbed by Water.
Temperature 60° Fahrenheit, Barometer 29-8.
B. Briston ; Cr. Cruickshank ; D. Davy; Dal. Dalton ; Dei. Deiman ; Ii. Henry; K. Kirwan ; S. Shuckburgh ; T.
Thomson ; Th. Thenard ; Tr. Tromsdorff.
KIND OF GAS.
Weight of 100cubic inchesin grains.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY.
Number of cubic inchesabsorbed by 100 inchesof water.
Watej , thestanda d at1000.
Air, thestandard.
Authority.
Nitric acid.
76.
3.
2423
I).
Sulphurous.
70.215
2.75
2240
K.
3300.
T.
62 1*
Q9\C\
Muriatic acid.
59.8
_ _
1929
K. ’
Nitrous oxide.
' 50.1 '
1.985
1615
86.
H.
46.5
1.84
1500
K.
108.
Ii.
Ditto.Ditto.
45.5
1.842
1470
D.
44.7?
1.765
1430
B.
51500.
T.
Sulphuretted hvdrogen.
38.17
—
1231
Th.
Nitric oxide.
37.
1.465
1193
K.
5.
H.
Nitric oxide...
34.3
1.36
1105
D.
Oxygen gas.
34.74
1.39
1127
D.
Sulphuretted hydrogen.
34.286
1.36
1142
K.
108.
H.
Oxygen gas.
34.
1.35
1103
Ii.
3.7
H.
Atmospheric air..
31.
1.2279
1000
S.
Azotic gas.
30.536
1.21
9S5
K.
1.53
II.
Azotic gas.
30.45
1.20
980
D.
Carbonic oxide.
30.
1.185
967
Cr.
2.01
H.
28.18 ■
905
Dei.
12.5
Dal.
11 ydro carburet fron stagnant water.
20 66
666
Dal.
1.40
n.
20.2
050
Dal.
20.
045
Cr.
18.16
0.715
585
K.
Ditto.
18.
0.713
580
D.
47500.
D.
Arsenicaled hydrogen gas.
0.6499
529
Tr.
516
Cr.
Ditto from water over ignited)
16.
46ft
Cr.
charcoal.-.)
14.5
Hydrogen gas.
2.613
0.1031
84
K.
1.61
Phosphuretted hydrogen.
-—
2.14
II.
* Of temperature 100° Fahrenheit, and force = 30 inches in Mercury.
... + Of temperature 196° Fahrenheit, and force = 30 inches in Mercury.
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