This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
The degrees in the Beaume hydrometer for both heavy and light liquids can be transposed to ordinary specific gravities by the following tables, from the German. The first is for liquids heavier than water: -
B. Degree. | Specific Gravity. |
0 | 1 |
1 | 1.007 |
2 | 1.013 |
3 | 1.020 |
4 | 1.027 |
0 | 1.034 |
6 | 1.041 |
7 | 1.048 |
8 | 1.056 |
9 | 1.063 |
10 | 1.070 |
12 | 1.085 |
14 | 1T01 |
16 | 1.118 |
B. Degree. | Specific Gravity. |
18 | 1.134 |
20 | 1.152 |
22 | 1.167 |
24 | 1.188 |
26 | 1.206 |
28 | 1.225 |
30 | 1.245 |
32 | 1.267 |
34 | 1.288 |
36 | 1310 |
38 | 1.333 |
40 | 1.357 |
42 | 1.381 |
44 | 1.407 |
B. Degree. | Specific Gravity. |
46 | 1.431 |
48 | 1.462 |
50 | 1.490 |
52 | 1.520 |
54 | 1.551 |
56 | 1.583 |
58 | 1.617 |
60 | 1.652 |
62 | 1.689 |
64 | 1.727 |
66 | 1.767 |
68 | 1.809 |
70 | 1.854 |
75 | 1.974 |
The following table applies to liquids lighter than water: -
B. Degree. | Specific Gravity. |
10 | 1 |
11 | •993 |
12 | •986 |
13 | •980 |
14 | •973 |
15 | •967 |
16 | •960 |
17 | •954 |
18 | •94S |
19 | •942 |
B. Degree. | Specific Gravity. |
20 | •936 |
24 | •913 |
25 | •907 |
28 | •890 |
30 | •880 |
32 | •869 |
35 | •854 |
36 | •849 |
40 | •830 |
42 | •820 |
B. Degree. | Specific Gravity. |
44 | •811 |
45 | •807 |
48 | •794 |
50 | •785 |
52 | •777 |
55 | •764 |
56 | •760 |
58 | •753 |
60 | •745 |
 
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