. Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products. Fig. 329 of the instrument. Let w be the weight of the hydrometer and let v be thevolume of the portion immersed. Then d=w jv where d is the specificgravity of the solution, and v=w jd. For a series of specific gravities,t;j =Wildi, V2 = w^jd^, fg = w^/ds and if d^ ^= d2 -{- c = d^ + 2 c etc.,where c is small v^ = V2 -\- x = v^ + 2x nearly. Hence, for a restricted range the scale on the spindle will be dividedinto equal portions for each increment in specific
. Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products. Fig. 329 of the instrument. Let w be the weight of the hydrometer and let v be thevolume of the portion immersed. Then d=w jv where d is the specificgravity of the solution, and v=w jd. For a series of specific gravities,t;j =Wildi, V2 = w^jd^, fg = w^/ds and if d^ ^= d2 -{- c = d^ + 2 c etc.,where c is small v^ = V2 -\- x = v^ + 2x nearly. Hence, for a restricted range the scale on the spindle will be dividedinto equal portions for each increment in specific gravit} or for each degreeBrLx. .-196 CHAPTER XXV It further follows that the delicacy of the instrument depends on the crosssection of the stem, or rather on the relation between cross section of stemand volume displaced by the bulb. The smaller the cross section, thelonger will be the division corresponding to each difference in specificgravity, or degree Brix. In making the determination, the approximate degree Brix is instrument is then removed and the stem wiped dry. It is then im-mersed in the liquid a very short
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