HYDROSTATICS 347 



SPECIFIC GRAVITIES OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES 



Name of Substance 



Specific 



Gravity 



Weight per 



Cubic Inch 



Pounds 



Acid, acetic 1.062 



Acid, muriatic 1.200 



Acid, nitric 1.217 



Acid, phosphoric 1.558 



Acid, sulphuric 1.841 



Alcohol, commercial .833 



Alcohol, pure .792 



Alder .800 



Aluminum 2.660 



Antimony 6.712 



Apple tree .793 



Asbestos, starry 3.073 



Ash, the trunk .845 



Atmospheric air .0012 



Bay tree .822 



Beech 852 



Beer, lager 1.034 



Beeswax .965 



Bismuth 9.746 



Borax 1.714 



Box, Brazilian red 1.031 



Box, Dutch 1.328 



Box, French .960 



Brass, common 8.500 



Brick 2.000 



Bronze, gun-metal 8.500 



Butter .942 



Cedar, American .561 



Cedar, Palestine .613 



Cedar, wild 596 



Chalk 2.784 



Champagne .997 



Charcoal .441 



Cherry tree .672 



Cider 1.018 



Clay 1.900 



Coal, anthracite { J'Jjg . 



Coal, bituminous 1.350 



Coal, Maryland 1.355 



Coal, Newcastle 1.270 



Coal, Scotch 1.300 



.0384 

 .0434 

 .0440 

 .0563 

 .0665 

 .0301 

 .0286 

 .0289 

 .0960 

 .2420 

 .0287 

 .1110 

 .0305 



.0297 

 .0308 

 .0374 

 .0349 

 .3520 

 .0619 

 .0372 

 .0480 

 .0347 

 .3070 

 .0723 

 .3070 

 .0340 

 .0203 

 .0221 

 .0215 

 .1006 

 .0360 

 .0159 

 .0243 

 .0368 

 .0686 

 .0592 

 .0519 

 .0488 

 .0490 

 .0459 

 .0470 



