HYDROSTATICS 

 TABLE (Continued) 



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Name of Substance 



Specific 

 Gravity 



Weight per 



Cubic Inch 



Pounds 



Ivory 1.822 



Lard 947 



Lead, hammered 11.388 



Lead, pure 11.330 



Lemon tree .703 



Lignum vitae 1.33C 



Limestone 2.700 



Linden tree .604 



Logwood 913 



Mahogany, Honduras .560 



Maple ^.. .790 



Marble, African 2.708 



Marble, common 2.686 



Marble, Egyptian 2.668 



Marble, Parian 2.838 



Marble, white Italian 2.708 



Mercury, at +32 F 13.619 



Mercury, at 60 F 13.580 



Mercury, at 212 F 13.375 



Mercury, solid, at -40 F 15.632 



Mica 2.800 



Milk 1.032 



Mulberry .897 



Niter 1.900 



Oak 950 



Oil, linseed .940 



Oil, olive .915 



Oil, turpentine .870 



Oil, whale .932 



Orange tree .705 



Pear tree .661 



Pearl, Oriental 2.650 



Phosphorus 1.770 



Pine, southern .720 



Pine, white .400 



Poplar 383 



Poplar, white Spanish .529 



Plaster of Paris { 2*473 



Platinum, hammered 20.337 



Platinum, rolled 22.009 



Platinum, wire 21.042 



.0859 

 .0342 

 .4110 

 .4090 

 .0254 

 .0481 

 .0980 

 .0218 

 .0330 

 .0202 

 .0285 

 .0978 

 .0970 

 .0964 

 .1025 

 .0978 

 .4920 

 .4910 

 .4830 

 .5650 

 .1012 

 .0373 

 .0324 

 .0686 

 .0343 

 .0340 

 .0331 

 .0314 

 .0337 

 .0255 

 .0239 

 .0957 

 .0639 

 .0260 

 .0144 

 .0138 

 .0191 

 .0676 

 .0893 

 .7350 

 .8190 

 .7600 



