Elements of Chemistry,: In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern DiscoveriesLavoisier, Antoine Laurent
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Elements of Chemistry,: In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800
Opium 1.3366
Indigo .7690
Arnotto .5956
Yellow wax .9648
White ditto .9686
Ouarouchi ditto(G) .8970
Cacao butter .8916
Spermaceti .9433
Beef fat .9232
Veal fat .9342
Mutton fat .9235
Tallow .9419
Hoggs fat .9368
Lard .9478
Butter .9423
[Note A: Resinous juices extracted in France from the Pine. _Vide
Bomare's Dict._]
[Note B: Odoriferous gum from the tree which produces the Cortex
Winteranus. _Bomare._]
[Note C: Resin of the tree called in Mexico Caragna, or Tree of Madness.
_Ibid._]
[Note D: Extracted in Persia and the warm countries from Hedera
terrestris.--_Bomare._]
[Note E: From a Brasilian tree of this name.--_Ibid._]
[Note F: From a tree of this name.--_Ibid._]
[Note G: The produce of the Tallow Tree of Guayana. _Vide Bomare's
Dict._]
Sec. 7. _Woods._
Heart of oak 60 years old 1.1700
Cork .2400
Elm trunk .6710
Ash ditto .8450
Beech .8520
Alder .8000
Maple .7550
Walnut .6710
Willow .5850
Linden .6040
Male fir .5500
Female ditto .4980
Poplar .3830
White Spanish ditto .5294
Apple tree .7930
Pear tree .6610
Quince tree .7050
Medlar .9440
Plumb tree .7850
Olive wood .9270
Cherry tree .7150
Filbert tree .6000
French box .9120
Dutch ditto 1.3280
Dutch yew .7880
Spanish ditto .8070
Spanish cypress .6440
American cedar .5608
Pomgranate tree 1.3540
Spanish mulberry tree .8970
Lignum vitae 1.3330
Orange tree .7050
_Note_--The numbers in the above Table, if the Decimal point be carried
three figures farther to the right hand, nearly express the absolute
weight of an English cube foot of each substance in averdupois ounces.
See No. VIII. of the Appendix.--E.
No. VIII. ADDITIONAL.
RULES _for Calculating the Absolute Gravity in English Troy Weight of a
Cubic Foot and Inch, English Measure, of any Substance whose Specific
Gravity is known[64]._
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