GRAVITY, SPECIFIC
\ɡɹˈavɪti], \ɡɹˈavɪti], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_v_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of GRAVITY, SPECIFIC
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By William R. Warner
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The relation between the weight of a body and its bulk: thus, supposing four bodies to be of the same size, but to weigh, one four, another three, another two, and the fourth one; the specific gravity of the first will be four times greater than that of the last.. The specific gravities of different bodies are, therefore, as the weights, bulk for bulk. For solids, and liquids, water is taken as the unit; atmospheric air for the gases. Thus, water is 1.000; mercury, at the common temperature, 13.58. Whence, we conclude mercury is between thirteen and fourteen times heavier than water.
By Robley Dunglison
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