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HYDROSTATICS 



TABLE (Continued) 



Name of Substance 



Specific 

 Gravity 



Weight per 

 Cubic Inch 



Common soil 1.984 



Copper, pure 8.788 



Copper, wire and rolled 8.878 



Coral, red 2.700 



Cork .250 



Earth, loose 1.360 



Ebony, American 1.220 



Egg 1.090 



Elder tree .695 



Elm .560 



Emery 4.000 



Ether, sulphuric .739 



Fat 923 



Filbert tree 600 



Fir, female .498 



Fir, male .550 



Flint, black 2.582 



Flint, white 2.594 



Gold, hammered 19.361 



Gold, pure cast 19.258 



Gold, 22 carats fine 17.486 



Glass, bottle 2.732 



Glass, hint 3.500 



Glass, green 2.642 



Glass, white 2.900 



Granite, Patapsco 2.640 



Granite, Quincy 2.652 



Granite, Scotch 2.625 



Granite, Susquehanna 2.704 



Grindstone 2.143 



Gum arabic 1.452 



Gunpowder, loose .900 



Gunpowder, shaken 1.000 



Gypsum, opaque 2.168 



Hazel ... 600 



Honey 1.450 



Human blood 1.054 



India rubber .933 



Iron, cast 7.207 



Iron, hammered 7.789 



Iron, pure 7.768 



Iron, wrought and rolled 7.780 



