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Excerpt from Select Methods in Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 2
The specific gravity of a body is the weight of that body as compared with the weight of an equal volume of a standard body, which is taken as unity. In all cases of solids and liquids, this standard of unity is pure water at 60 F. 155 0. Water being taken as unity, or one, any other sub stance will be more or less than one. The results are expressed in whole numbers and decimals; the decimals are carried to the third place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
