 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 786 pages
...are counted by tens, hundreds, thousands, &c., of litres. 3. MEASURES OF WEIGHTS. The gramme. This is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at the temperature of zero ; that is, if a vase be made of a cubic form, of a hundredth part of a metre every way, and it... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 pages
...of one-twentieth part of the salt imported into that city. GRAMME. A French weight. The gramme is of the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of zero. It is equal to 15.4441 grains troy, or 5.6481 drachms avordupois. Vide Measure. GRAND. An epithet... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 426 pages
...10 centilitres; the centilitre into 10 millilitres. FRENCH WEIGHTS. 277. The unit of French Weights, is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the maximum density, and is called the Gramme. It is equal to 15.433159 grains Troy. 10 grammes make 1... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 434 pages
...10 centilitres; the centilitre into 10 millilitres. FRENCH WEIGHTS. STTo The unit of French Weights, is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the maximum density, and is called the Gramme., It is equal to 15.433159 grains Troy. 10 grammes make 1... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1853 - 144 pages
...THEIR CORRESPONDENCE WITH BRITISH MEASURES. 1. Weight. The standard of French weight is the GRAMME, the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of 39-2° Fahr., the temperature at which water is at its greatest density. The gramme is almost exactly... | |
 | William Allen Miller - 1855 - 456 pages
...centilitres; and finally, the system of weights is connected with both the preceding, by taking as its unit the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°'2 F., it weighs 15*433 English grains. The gramme, as this quantity is called, is further subdivided... | |
 | William Allen Miller - 1855 - 458 pages
...centilitres; and finally, the system of weights is connected with both the preceding, by taking as its unit the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of 39°-2 F., it weighs 1j-433 English grains. The gramme, as this quantity is called, is further subdivided... | |
 | Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - 1858 - 262 pages
...= 61.074 Decilitre = T'U of a litre. Centilitre = TJ5 of a litre. WEIGHTS. 102. The unit of weight is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of maximum density, viz., 39-5° Fahrenheit. The name given to this unit is gramme. The gramme is equal... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 812 pages
...the French unit of weights, equal to 15.4325 grains troy, or very nearly \% of a dram avoirdupois. It is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, 4° 0., or 39.2° F. The gramme is divided, according to the French 6vstem,into 10... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1860 - 806 pages
...the French unit of weights, equal to 15.4825 grains troy, or very nearly || of a dram avoirdupois. It is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, 4° 0., or 39.2° F. The gramme is divided, according to the French system, into 10... | |
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Weight. The gramme is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at the temperature of melting ice. 
