 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 374 pages
...be determined by weight, in which case the measure to contain a gallon must be of a capacity to hold 10 pounds, avoirdupois weight, of distilled water, weighed in air, at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches. For a standard of weights, the law of England makes the... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1852 - 790 pages
...liquids ля for dry goods not measured by heaped measure, shall be the gullvn, containing 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air...the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, (he barometer beinç? at 30 inches; and such measure shall be the Imperial standard gallon (containing... | |
 | Robert Slater - 1855 - 156 pages
...Malt = 2273.461 The statute having affixed " 10 pounds Avoirdupois to be the " standard of 1 gallon of distilled water, weighed in air, at the " temperature...of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer " being at 30 inches ;" the capacity of the gallon is therefore a fixed quantity, at all times capable... | |
 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse - 1856 - 232 pages
...liquids as for dry goods, not measured by heaped * measure, shall be the gallon, containing 10 Ibs. 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... | |
 | Andrew Carrick (accountant.) - 1856 - 34 pages
...of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, is declared to be the gallon, containing 10 Ibs, avoirdupois weight of distilled water weighed in air, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and is equal to 277.274 cubic inches. From this measure, which... | |
 | James Prinsep - 1858 - 660 pages
...gallons of England, with their multiples and divisions. This imperial gallon was made to contain 10 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Far., the barometer standing at 30 inches. It has a capacity, therefore, of 277.274 cubic inches. Some... | |
 | James Prinsep - 1858 - 650 pages
...gallons of England, with their multiples and divisions. This imperial gallon was made to contain 1 0 Ibs. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Far., the barometer standing at 30 inches. It has a capacity, therefore, of 277.274 cubic inches. Some... | |
 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse - 1859 - 204 pages
...capacity be constructed ; the definition of the gallon as ' the capacity which contains 10 pounds' weight of distilled water weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches,' as specified in the act 5 Geo. IV., being still retained.... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - 1860 - 792 pages
...standard of length, in the following manner : According to the act, the imperial standard gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer be^ng at 30 inches. The pound avoirdupois contains 7000 troy... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1860 - 444 pages
...CAPACITY. 322. The imperial Standard Gallon, for liquids and all dry substances, is a measure that will contain 10 pounds avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air, at 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer at 30 inches. It contains 277.274 cubic inches. 323. The Imperial Standard... | |
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One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, the Standard Measure of Capacity, as well for 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... 
