Ready Reference Tables: Based on the Accurate Legal Standard Values of the United States. Conversion factors of every unit or measure in use .... v. I-

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J. Wiley & sons, 1904

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Página 102 - The total resistance of a parallel circuit is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals of the individual resistances of the circuit.
Página 27 - Lyons, proposed in 1670 a comprehensive decimal measurement system based on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle of the earth.
Página 43 - Measures, meeting in 1901, decided to define the litre as the volume occupied by the mass of one kilogram of pure water at its maximum density under normal atmospheric pressure.
Página 110 - The current in amperes is equal to the electromotive force in volts divided by the resistance in ohms.
Página 13 - Henry, which is the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one international volt while the inducing current varies at the rate of one Ampere per second.
Página 113 - The unit of quantity shall be what is known as the international coulomb, which is the quantity of electricity transferred by a current of one international ampere in one second. Fifth. The unit of capacity shall be what is known as the international farad, which is the capacity of a condenser charged to a potential of one international volt by one international coulomb of electricity.
Página 81 - A dyne is that force which, acting on a mass of one gram for one second, produces a velocity of one centimeter per second; this definition refers to a space which is free from the attraction of other bodies.
Página 44 - For the purpose of estimating the duties on importations of grain, the number of bushels shall be ascertained by weight, instead of by measuring ; and sixty pounds of wheat, fifty-six pounds of corn, fifty-six pounds of rye, forty-eight pounds of barley, thirty-two pounds of oats, sixty pounds of pease, and forty-two pounds of buckwheat, avoirdupois weight, shall respectively be estimated as a bushel.
Página 162 - And the values so proclaimed shall be followed in estimating the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the...
Página 39 - ... to an established reference, usually expressed in decibels above the reference. circuit reliability The percentage of time a circuit is available to the user during a specified period of scheduled availability. circular mil The measurement unit of the cross-sectional area of a circular conductor. A circular mil is the area of a circle whose diameter is one mil, or 0.001 inch. clear channel A transmission path wherein the full bandwidth is available to the user, with no portions of the channel...

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