BPRCnriC GRAVITIES.
143
Table of Specific Gravity,
METALS.
STONKS, EARTIIS, ETO.
Names.
Phtinn..
Pure gold....Mercury .....
Lead.
Pure silver ...Bismuth ....Copper, cast
— sheetBrass, cast ..
— sheet..Iron, cast....
— bar ....Steel, soft....
— hard ..Tin, cast ....Zinc, cast. ♦..
■g S 5.S • !*-,5“ o Sf 5 S .Si ~ 8
'4, t;.a «
Names.
19500
mm
13560} 135210474!W238708891078248396720477007833781672817100
1.417
1.4352.038
2.4352.»»38
.7053
.(5965j
.4004
.4105j
.3788
2.814 | .3552]3.146 | .31783.103! .3225&533 .30363.293 1 .30373.806 I .21)33.592 1 .2793.530 ; .28333.537 .28273.790 i .26363.845 .26
Marble, average....
Granite, ditto.
iPurbeck stone.
Portland ditto.
Bristol ditto.
Millstone.
Paving stone.
Craigleith ditto ....
Grindstone.
Chalk, British.
Brick.
Coal, Scotch .
— Newcastle....— Staffordshire .— Cannel.
! Weight,
water
| being ir00.
Weight of a
cubic foot
| in lbs.
Number of
cubic feet
in a ton.
2720 Ii70.no
13
21151 'ifKUiH
1st
2601 '162.56
13J
2570 160.62
14
2554 159.62
14
24114 155.25
144
2415 150.93
14)
2362 147-62
15
2143 133.93
)«»
2781 173.81
12)
2000 125.00
17
13ii0 ! 81.15
m
1270 1 79.37
28*
1240 i 77.50
29
1238 ; 77.37
29
WOODS.
LIQUIDS.
Names.
Lignum vit® ....
Box, French ....
— Dutch......
Ebony, Indian ..
— AmericanOak, Just felled .,
— seasoned ..Bog oak of Ireland.Mahogany, Spanish.I — bay wood
Medlar tree.
Logwood.
•Olive tree.
Beech.
Ash.
Alder .
Apple tree .
Plum tree.
Maple .
Teak.
Cherry tree.
Elm .
Walnut.
Red pine..
V’el low do.
Pear tree.
Sycamore, chestnut,and lime tree, each
Willow.
Poplar, white Span h .—* common ...
Cedar.
White pine.
Larch.
Cork...
Weight,
water
being 1000. 1
Weight of acubic footin lbs.
I Number Of
| cubic feet in
| a ton.
Names.
be
a
Si
‘fix
*5*3
21.3
•sl5 .< c «J5
^ « ttSz
1333
83.31
263 ,
Acid, sulphuric.
1850
18.5
1328
83.00
27
nitric.
1271
12.7
912
58.00
33)
— muriatic.
1210
12.0
1209
75.56
294
— fluoric .
1O60
10.6
1331
83.18
27
— citric .
1034
10.3
1113
69.56
32*
acetic.
1062
10.6
743
46 43
48*
Water from the Baltic
1015
10.2
1046
65.37
34*
— from the Dead
1240
12.4
1063
66.43
333
Sea.
637
39.81
m
— from the Modi-
1029
10.3
944
59.00
38
terranean.
913
57.06
3!>)
—• from the Irish
1028
10.2
1127
57.93
384
Channel.
852
53.25
42
— iee... .
1001
10.1
845
52.81
42)
— distilled.
1000
10.0
800
50.00
443
Oils, expressed.
793
49.56
4-H
linseed.
940
9.4
755
47.18
47*
sweet almond ...
932
9.3
752
47.00
47)
whale.
923
9.2
750
46.87
48
hempseed ......
926
9.3
715
44.68
50
olive ..
915
9.2
673
42.06
m
Oils, essential.
671
41.93
53)
cinnamon.
1043
10.4
(157
47-06
544
lavender.
894
8.9
652
40.76
55
turpentine.
870
8.7
650
40.62
55
868
8.7
Alcohol of commerce,
825
8.2
604
37.75
59*
at 60° Fahrenheit.
585
36.50
(in
Alcohol, absolute ....
T.f7
7.9
529
33.06
(17)
Ether, nitric.
908
9.1
383
23.93
93
— muriatic.
729
73
561
35.06
64
Proof spirit.
922
9.2
551
34.43
65
Tar.
1015
10.1
530
33.02
68
Vinegar,distilled ....
1UU9
10.1
940
15.00
249
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