Cubic

Examples

• Now it is known that one cubic inch of mercury weighs about half a pound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Opening the grenades under water and collecting the gas that escaped it was found that the average amount of carbon dioxide contained was about one cubic inch per grenade. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• There are over 50,000 tons of steel in the superstructure, and about 140,000 cubic yards of masonry and concrete in the foundation piers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Places on the Alaskan coast, laid bare at high tide, are said to have yielded as much as $12,000 per cubic yard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The cut is nine miles long, 300 feet wide, 272 feet greatest depth and required the excavation of 100,000,000 cubic yards of material. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• One ton of Wigan cannel coal yields 10,000 cubic feet, and gives a light equal to 747 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Work had been in progress on this since 1880, and during the French control over 20,000,000 cubic yards were removed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Built as described each room would have a capacity of over 3,000 cubic feet which would contain about 50 tons of settled ensilage weighing 35 pounds to the cubic foot. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In this way, the number of cubic feet of gas which pass through the meter is automatically registered. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In addition to the steam, the daily consumption of producer gas for power purpose only is 28,512,000 cubic feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• If 2 cubic feet of air are compressed to 1 cubic foot, the pressure of the compressed air is doubled. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A quantity of water which occupies 100 cubic feet of space will, on becoming ice, need 109 cubic feet of space. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• To liquefy air it is compressed until its volume is reduced to 1/800, that is to say, 800 cubic feet of air are reduced to one cubic foot. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• One ton of this material yields 15,000 cubic feet of gas, which is equal in illuminating power to 1,930 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The cubic feet of oxygen yearly swallowed by a full-grown man--what a shudder they might have created in some Middlemarch circles! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Twelve cubic feet of gas may be obtained from one pound of tar, and ten from the same weight of rosin. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• On May 4, 1904, when the United States took charge, it was estimated that there was left to excavate 150,000,000 cubic yards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It was the kind that we were going to use for our lamp experiments; and Mr. Edison asked Mr. Upton to please calculate for him its cubic contents in centimetres. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Then, in 1726, Dr. Hales told how many cubic inches of gas a certain number of grains of coal would produce. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The whole placer would not give more than one and one-quarter cents per cubic yard. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is a question of cubic capacity, said he; a man with so large a brain must have something in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• From a ton of good gas-producing coal can be obtained about 10,000 cubic feet of illuminating gas, and as by-products 6 pounds of ammonia, 12 gallons of coal tar, and 1300 pounds of coke. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The gas meter indicates the number of cubic feet of gas consumed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If, for example, 1 cubic foot of air is allowed to expand and occupy 2 cubic feet of space, the pressure which it exerts is reduced one half. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• One ton of good Newcastle coal will yield 9,500 cubic feet of gas, which, when burnt in the best manner, gives a light equal to that of 422 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• When we measure water, we find that 1 cubic foot of it weighs about 62. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The front of the dam is the arc of a circle 740 feet long with fourteen openings which, when the gates are raised to the full height, permit a discharge of 140,000 cubic feet per second. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They are well known to us and may be briefly stated as follows:-- (1) Air has weight, and 1 cubic foot of air, at atmospheric pressure, weighs 1-1/4 ounces. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Fresh air is essential to normal healthy living, and 2000 cubic feet of air per hour is desirable for each individual. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

Checker: Roberta