GRAVITY 
A TABLE 
Shewing the Specific Gravity of Metals and other bodies to Rain Water, and the Weight 
of a Cubic Inch of each in parts of a Pound Avoirdupoise. The Number in the Column, 
Specific Gravity, shows the Ounces Avoirdupoise in the Cubic Foot of each Body. 
Pure gold cast 
— hammered... 
Standard gold cast 
hammered 
Pure silver cast 
— — — hammered 
Standard silver in coin 
Crude platina in grains 
Platina purified and ? 
fused 5 
— hammered 
drawn into wire 
laminated 
Mercury 
Lead fused 
Copper fused 
— drawn into wire 
Brass cast 
in wire 
Iron cast....;...... 
bar. 
Steel soft, and 
not | 
hammered... 
hardened 
Tin, English, fused.. 
hammered 
Malacca tin fused... 
*. hammered . 
Bismuth 
Nickel 
Arsenic, the metal... 
Cobalt 
Zinc 
Antimony. 
Manganese 
Wolfran 
Diamond ....i 
Ruby.... 
— — Spinell 
Topaz, Oriental 
— — Brazilian..... 
Saxon..., 
Sapphire, Oriental. .. 
Emerald 
A d amantine spar ... . 
Rock crystal from 
Madagascar 
Quartz 
Agate . 
Onyx 
Sp. Grav. 
W. lb. Av. 
19258 
0.71036 
19362 
0.70030 
17486 
0.63250 
17589 
0.63618 
10474 
0.37796 
10511 
0.38017 
10391 
0.87580 
15602 
0.56431 
19500 
0.70530 
20377 
0.73557 
21042 
0.76107 
22069 
0.79821 
13568 
0.49074 
113.52 
0.40965 
7788 
0.28168 
8878 
0.32111 
8596 
9.30367 
8544 
0.30903 
7207 
0.26067 
7788 
0.28168 
7840 
0.28356 
7816 
0.28270 
7291 
0.26371 
7299 
0.26400 
7296 
0.26382 
7306 
0.26486 
9823 
0.35529 
8660 
0.31323 
5763 
0.20844 
7812 
0.28255 
7191 
0.26009 
6702 
0.24240 
6850 
0.24776 
17600 
0.63657 
3251 
0.11759 
4283 
0.15491 
3760 
0.13600 
4011 
0.14507 
3536 
0.11718 
3564 
0.12891 
3994 
0.14446 
2775 ' 
0.10037 
4180 
0.15118 
2653 
0.09596 
2654 
0.09599 
2590 
0.09368 
2376 
*0.09537 
Bodies. 
, to. 
Pumice-stone 
Green glass L 
English crown glass.... 
White flint glass, 
English 
Another piece 
White flint glass for? 
achromatic uses... $ 
hite glass, French.... 
Glass of S. Gobin 
Sp. Grav. 
2792 
2672 
2715 
2730 
2716 
1386 
2390 
4474 
3180 
-914 
2620 
2520 
3090 
3216 
3437 
2892 
2488 
W.lb.Av. 
0.10098 
0.09664 
0.09820 
0.09874 
0.09823 
0.05113 
0.08644 
0.16182 
0.11502 
0.03306 
0.09476 
0.09115 
0.11900 
0.11632 
0.12431 
0.10460 
0.09000 
of the article Gas. 
Brimstone.... 
1990 
0.07198 
Phosphorus 
1714 
0.06199 
Yellow amber 
1078 
0.3899 
Distilled water 
1000 
0.03617 
Sea water 
1026 
0.03711 
Common spirit of wine 
837 
0.03027 
Spirit of wine, the A 
purest that can be f 
had by mere distil- f 
820 
0.2960 
lation 1 
Sulphuric ether 
739 
0.02673 
Nitrons 
909 
0.03288 
Marine 
730 
0.02640 
866 
0.031S2 
Concentrated sulpli. ? 
2125 
0.07686 
— — - nitric acid-.. 
1580 
0.05714 
muriatic acid 
1194 
Q.04319 
Fluor acid 
1500 
6.05425 
Oil of olives 
915 
0.03309 
— of sweet almonds. . . 
917 
0.03316 
Linseed oil 
940 
0.03400 
Naptha 
708 
0.02561 
Gum elastic 
393 
0.03375 
Camphor 
989 
0.03577 
Yellow wax 
965 
0.03490 
White ditto.. 
969 
0.03505 
Spermaceti 
943 
0.03411 
Tallow 
942 
0.03407 
Heart of oak 
1170 
0.04232 
Cork 
240 
0.01868 
of elastic fluids, see the Table at the end 
