Weighing Sentence Examples

The wood is very heavy and hard, weighing 70 lb the cubic foot; the colour is dark brown; it is used in Spain and Italy for furniture, and in the former country for firewood and charcoal.

Between London and Birmingham a paper cable 116 m long and consisting of 72 copper conductors, each weighing 150 lb per statute mile, was laid in 1900.

Gutta-percha-covered copper wires were formerly largely used for the purpose of underground lines, the copper conductor weighing 40 lb per statute mile, and the gutta-percha covering 50 lb (90 lb total).

We shall suppose they did it upon great consideration and weighing of the matter, and it would be very strange and very ill if we should disturb and set aside what has been the course for a long series of times and ages."

In the towns a deeper rail is used, weighing about 60 lb per yard.

The cake on weighing gives the free acid.

After the testing is over, the hard part begins; weighing and recording my compilations and comparing them to past exposure levels.

But on account of experimental errors in weighing and measuring, and through loss of material in the transfer of substances from one vessel to another, such analyses are rarely trustworthy to more than one part in about Soo; so that small changes in weight consequent on the chemical change could not with certainty be proved or disproved.

In the same year was passed the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act.

In connexion with the internal live stock trade of Great Britain attention must be directed to the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1891.

Martin Heinrich Klaproth showed the necessity for igniting precipitates before weighing them, if they were not decomposed by this process; and he worked largely with Louis Nicolas Vauquelin in perfecting the analysis of minerals.

The volume of the flask is determined by weighing empty and filled with water.

In building the fortress of Sacsahuaman, heights had to be scaled; in Tiahuanaco stones weighing 4 00 tons were carried seventeen miles; in the edifices of 011antaytambo not only were large stones hauled up an ascent, but were fitted perfectly.

No standards of weighing or measuring were known, but the parts of the body were the units, and money consisted in rare and durable vegetable and animal substances, which scarcely reached the dignity of a mechanism of exchange.

Here was discovered in January 1905 a diamond - the largest on record - weighing 30254 carats.

This method is unconsciously adopted by the teacher who illustrates the equality of area of two geometrical figures by cutting them out of cardboard of uniform thickness and weighing them.

The ingots are valued by weighing and assaying, and a calculation is made as to the amount of copper required for melting with them to produce the standard alloy.

Among the incidental operations are (a) the valuation of the bullion by weighing and assaying it; (b) " rating" the bullion, or calculating the amount of copper to be added to make up the standard alloy; (c) recovering the values from ground-up crucibles, ashes and floor sweepings (the Mint " sweep "); (d) assaying the melted bars; (e) " pyxing " the finished coin or selecting specimens to be weighed and assayed; (f) " telling " or counting the coin.

The first automatic balance for weighing single coins was introduced at the Bank of England in 1843, and was designed by William Cotton, the deputy governor of the Bank.

They fired a shell weighing 485 lb, with a bursting charge of 17 lb.

The duty of collecting and weighing evidence for himself was at every turn impressed upon the boy; he was taught to accept no opinion on authority.

Standard solutions are prepared by weighing out the exact amount of the pure substance and dissolving it in water, or by forming a solution of approximate normality, determining its exact strength by gravimetric or other means, and then correcting it for any divergence.

The silver coins were of 20, 10, 5, 2, I and 2 piastre in value, the 20-piastre piece weighing 24.055 grammes, .830 fine.

As early as 1618 a code of laws for the regulation of the mining industry had been drawn up by Philip III., the executive and judicial functions in the mining districts being vested in a provedor, and the fiscal in a treasurer, who received the royal fifths and superintended the weighing of all the gold, rendering a yearly account of all discoveries and produce.

Though several large nuggets have been found (the largest weighing 215 oz.), the total production is not great, the highest output obtained by washing being worth about £300,000 in one year.

On the 27th of January 1905, the largest diamond in the world, weighing 30254 carats, over 12 lb avoirdupois, was found in the mine and named the Cullinan.

The veinstuff is broken small either by hand or in rock-breakers, and stamped to fine powder in stamp mills, which are practically large mechanically-worked pestles and mortars, the stamp proper weighing from 500 to moo lb.

If the cooling is very gradual - occupying several weeks - it sometimes happens that the entire contents of a large crucible, weighing perhaps 1000 lb, are found intact as a single mass of glass, but more frequently the mass is found broken up into a number of fragments of various sizes.

The Guanches embalmed their dead; many mummies have been found in an extreme state of desiccation, each weighing not more than 6 or 7 lb.

These latter pass to automatic weighing machines, which drop them, in quantities of 1 cwt., into wooden boxes of uniform measurement, made to contain that weight; and the boxes are then conveyed to the storehouse, ready for sale.

The broad worm, Dibothriocephalus latus, is similarly estimated to discharge 15 to 20 metres of proglottides, weighing 140 grammes.

Jalap has been cultivated for many years in India, chiefly at Ootacamund, and grows there as easily as a yam, often producing clusters of tubers weighing over 9 lb; but these, as they differ in appearance from the commercial article, have not as yet obtained a place in the English market.

The first thing done at his instance was to relieve the starving populace within and without the walls; shops were opened to give work to the unemployed; all taxes, especially those weighing on the lower classes, were reduced; the strictest administration of justice was enforced, and all men were exhorted to place their trust in the Lord.

In the scene of the weighing of the soul before Osiris, dating from the New-kingdom onwards, Anubis attends to the balance while Thoth registers the result.

The value of the work consists not in any power of critical investigation or weighing of historical evidence but in the intense sympathy of the writer with the national ideal, and the vivid imagination with which under the influence of this sympathy he gives life to the events and personages, the wars and political struggles, of times remote from his own.

In the mills of the Californian type the stamp is a cylindrical iron pestle faced with a chilled cast iron shoe, removable so that it can be renewed when necessary, attached to a round iron rod or lifter, the whole weighing from 600 to 900 lb; stamps weighing 1320 lb are in use in the Transvaal.

In 1919 he exhibited a head of Lincoln cut from a block weighing six tons.

But though his work is thus, like that of many historians, coloured by his opinions, this was not the outcome of a conscious purpose, and he was scrupulously conscientious in collecting and weighing his materials.

The method of weighing equal volumes is particularly applicable to the determination of the relative densities of liquids.

It consists in weighing a glass vessel (I) empty, (2) filled with the liquid, (3) filled with the standard substance.

In 1826 Dumas devised a method suitable for substances of high boiling-point; this consisted in its essential point in vaporizing the substance in a flask made of suitable material, sealing it when full of vapour, and weighing.

Solids may be directly admitted to the tube from a weighing bottle, while liquids are conveniently introduced by means of small stoppered bottles, or, in the case of exceptionally volatile liquids, by means of a bulb blown on a piece of thin capillary tube, the tube being sealed during the weighing operation, and the capillary broken just before transference to the apparatus.

The method of "hydrostatic weighing" is one of the most important.

The weighing is conducted in the usual way by vibrations, except when the weight be small; it is then advisable to bring the pointer to zero, an operation rendered necessary by the damping due to the adhesion of water to the fibre.

Similarly in the case of the weighing in water, account must be taken of the buoyancy of the weights, and also, if absolute densities be required, of the density of water at the temperature of the experiment.

Modern surveying ships no longer make use of hempen lines with enormously heavy sinkers, such as were employed on the " Challenger," but they sound instead with steel piano wire not more than 310 to 215 of an inch in diameter and a detachable lead seldom weighing more than 70 lb.

The determination of salinity was formerly carried out by evaporating a weighed quantity of sea-water to dryness and weighing the residue.

In the laboratory the specific gravity is determined in a pyknometer by actual weighing, and on board ship by the use of an areometer or hydrometer.

This replaced the propeller of the ship whose engines were to be tested, and the outer casing was held from turning by a suitable arrangement of levers carried to weighing apparatus conveniently disposed on the wharf.

In the Farcot form the guide pulleys are attached to separate weighing levers placed horizontally below the apparatus.

In a belt dynamometer built for the Franklin Institute from the designs of Tatham, the weighing levers are separate and arranged horizontally at the top of the apparatus.

The elaborately carved choir is also enclosed by tumbago railings made in Macao, weighing 26 tons.

The opal was mined here Boo years ago, and the largest piece hitherto found, weighing 2940 carats and estimated to have a value of £175,000, is preserved in the Court Museum at Vienna.

Owing to the cost and trouble of weighing a large number of zinc plates, this type of meter fell into disuse.

For the weighing of gold, gems, opium, &c., the fuang, equal to s tical, and the salung, equal to 4 tical, are used.

Stories were told of its attacking the bison, and it has been reported to carry off the carcase of a wapiti, weighing nearly 1000 lb, for a considerable distance to its den, there to devour it at leisure.

The church of St Francis de Sales (in Walnut Hills), built in 1888, has a bell, cast in Cincinnati, weighing fifteen tons, and said to be the largest swinging bell in the world.

We first determine the time t in seconds required for the velocity of a shot, d inches in diameter and weighing w lb, to fall from any initial velocity V(f/s) to any final velocity v(f/s).

The monetary unit is the gold colon weighing 778 gramme, 900 fine, and thus worth about 23d.

An inspector is required to hold a certificate of qualification, and for his guidance general regulations are made by his local authority as to modes of testing weights, measures and weighing instruments.

For instance, in weighing live cattle, owners of markets are now required to provide adequate accommodation.

The above example illustrates how Nicholson's or Fahrenheit's hydrometer may be employed as a weighing machine for small weights.

Weighing the dangers of delay, of retreat, and of an attack with his single division of 4500 men, supported only by 5000 native levies of doubtful quality, Wellesley convinced himself that an immediate attack, though against greatly superior forces (30,000 horse, io,000 European-drilled infantry and loo well-served guns) in a strong position, was the wisest course.

Masses of terrestrial bodies are generally compared by weighing; this is found by experiment to give a correct result, but it is applicable only in the neighbourhood of the earth.

The quality of these coins (weighing about 81 grains troy) was low, and at last deteriorated so much that the Tibetans deserted the Nepal mints.

There are several weak points in this reasoning, and a more accurate way of determining the best proportions is to try different mixtures of cement, stones and sand, filling them into different pails of the same size, and then ascertaining, by weighing the pails, which mixture is the densest.

Provided it be rigid, the bed-plate of an engine is no better for weighing 30 cwt.

Nowadays, however, quite large trees, chiefly of an ornamental character, and perhaps weighing several tons, are lifted with a large ball of soil attached to the roots, by means of a special tree-lifting machine, and are readily transferred from one part of the garden to another, or even for a distance of several miles, without serious injury.

Such aggregations of hyphae frequently become knotted up into dense masses of interwoven and closely packed hyphae, varying in size from that of a pin's head or a pea (Peziza, Coprinus) to that of a man's fist or head, and weighing io to 25 lb or more (Polyporus Mylittae, P. tumulosus, Lentinus Woermanni, P. Sapurema, &c.).

Thus ornamental iron castings were made in Sussex in the 14th century, and in the 16th cannons weighing three tons each were cast.

But, on the other hand, when only a relatively small quantity of a special kind of steel is needed, very much smaller charges, in some cases weighing even less than half a ton, have been treated with technical success.

The steel is cast in lots, weighing in some cases as much as 75 tons, in enduring cast iron moulds into very large ingots, which with their initial heat are immediately rolled down by a series of powerful roll trains into their final shape with but slight wear and tear of the moulds and the machinery.

The majority of heads, gills or throats, sides or flanks, paws and pieces of skins cut up in the fur workshops of Great Britain, America and France, weighing many tons, are chiefly exported to Leipzig, and made up in neighbouring countries and Greece, where labour can be obtained at an alarmingly low rate.

In 1869 a stone weighing 83* carats was found near the Orange river; this was purchased by the earl of Dudley for £25,000 and became famous as the " Star of South Africa."

At Mount Werong a stone weighing 29 carats was found in 1905.

A crystal weighing 23* carats was found in Virginia in 1855, and one of 214 carats in Wisconsin in 1886.

The Mogul Baber in his memoirs (1526) relates how in his conquest of India he captured at Agra the great stone weighing 8 mishkals, or 320 ratis, which may be equivalent to about 187 carats.

The Great Table, a rectangular stone seen by Tavernier in 1642 at Golconda, was found by him to weigh 242 1 - 3 6 - carats; Maskelyne regards it as identical with the Darya-i-nur, which is also a rectangular stone weighing about 186 carats in the possession of the shah of Persia.

Two other blue diamonds are known, weighing 13* and 14 carats, which may also be portions of the French diamond.

The Victoria, 180 carats, was cut from an octahedron weighing 4572 carats, and was sold to the nizam of Hyderabad for £400,000.

It weighed 971 carats, and was ultimately cut into ten stones weighing from 68 to 13 carats.

The mean section of the inner column was carefully determined by weighing, and found to be 1.403 sq.

The calorimeter tube was calibrated by a thread of mercury weighing 19 milligrams, which occupied eighty-five divisions.

Switzerland In receptacles weighing less than 5 kilos.

His mental qualities were - a quick analytic perception, strong logical powers, a tenacious memory, a liberal estimate and tolerance of the opinions of others, ready intuition of human nature; and perhaps his most valuable faculty was rare ability to divest himself of all feeling or passion in weighing motives of persons or problems of state.

The sow is a prolific breeder and good mother, weighing, when mature but not fat, 450 lb - the boar averaging 600 lb, and barrows at six to eight months 350 lb.

It was by weighing that in 1770 he proved that water is not converted into earth by distillation, for he showed that the total weight of a sealed glass vessel and the water it contained remained constant, however long the water was boiled, but that the glass vessel lost weight to an extent equal to the weight of earth produced, his inference being that the earth came from the glass, not from the water.

Thoth presided over writing, measuring and calculation, and is prominent in the scene of the weighing of the soul.

One has been caught weighing 60 lb, which gave play for more than seven hours.

So late as 1818 a stone is said to have been found there weighing 84 grains and valued at £500.

In diamond weighing the grain = ± of the carat, = 7925 of the troy grain.

This can be determined by a direct calibration, by inserting a known quantity of water at a known temperature and observing the contraction, or weighing the mercury drawn into the apparatus.

The method requires very delicate weighing, as one calorie corresponds to less than two milligrammes of steam condensed; but the successful application of the method to the very difficult problem of measuring the specific heat of a gas at constant volume, shows that these and other difficulties have been very skilfully overcome.

He asks his readers, after weighing the evidence advanced, to determine "whether he (Erigena) used his philosophy to explain away his theology, or to bring out what he conceived to be the fullest meaning of it."

Thus the declaration of Paris, 1856 (to which, however, the United States, Venezuela and Bolivia have not yet formally acceded), prohibits the use of privateers and protects the commerce of neutrals; the Geneva conventions, 1864 and 1906, give protection to the wounded and to those in attendance upon them; the St Petersburg declaration, 1868, prohibits the employment of explosive bullets weighing less than 400 grammes; and the three Hague declarations of 1899 prohibit respectively (I) the launching of projectiles from balloons, (2) the use of projectiles for spreading harmful gases, and (3) the use of expanding bullets.

Eschenhagen 2 first designed a set of magnetographs in which this idea of small moment of inertia was carried to its useful limit, the magnets only weighing 1 .

The paper is fed from reels placed at the two ends in decks, one above the other, each reel containing about five miles of paper, and weighing about fourteen hundredweight.

So in the famous scene of the weighing of the soul, which first appears pictorially under the New Empire, she introduces the deceased before the forty-two assessors of the heavenly judge, Osiris, and presides over the scale in which his actions and life are weighed.

The jute is carefully sorted into different qualities, and then each lot is subjected to an enormous hydraulic pressure from which it emerges in the shape of the well-known bales, each weighing 400 lb.

Coinage, Weights and Measures.The monetary unit is the kran, a silver coin, formerly weighing 28 nakhods (88 grains), then reduced to 26 nakhods (77 grains), and now weighing only 24 nakhods (71 grains) or somewhat less.

The interior consists of a souterrain, and of a first floor, entered from the portico through bronze doors, after designs by Stiller, weighing 7-1 tons, and executed at a cost of 3600.

Malatia opium is in pieces of irregular size usually of a broadly conical shape, weighing from 1-2 lb.

It is produced in the districts of Kustendil,, Lowtscha and Halitz, and is made into lumps weighing about 4 oz., of a light-brown colour internally and containing a few seeds; it is covered with leaves which have not been identified.

Various portions, each weighing 10 seers (of 23 5 lb), are selected by test assay so as to ensure the mass being of standard consistence (70% of the pure dry drug and 30% of water), and are thrown into shallow drawers and kneaded together.

These occur wrapped separately in paper, and weighing 1 lb each; of these 140-160 are packed in a case.

Ispahan opium also occurs in the form of parallelopipeds weighing about 16-20 oz.; sometimes flat circular pieces weighing about 20 oz.

The best crystallized specimens have been obtained from Kongsberg in Norway, large masses, weighing as much as 5 cwts., having been found.

The "laborious task" of which he speaks is that of consulting all possible evidence, and weighing conflicting accounts.

There were four boilers made of thin hammered copper and weighing a little more than 7 lb each; these occupied the middle portion of the fish.

Galileo attempted the evaluation by weighing the curve against the generating circle; this rough method gave only an approximate value, viz., a little less than thrice the generating circle.

While similar as to their general arrangement to the human brain, those of the higher apes, such as the chimpanzee, are much less complex in their convolutions, as well as much less in both absolute and relative weight - the weight of a gorilla's brain hardly exceeding 20 oz., and a man's brain hardly weighing less than 32 oz., although the gorilla is considerably the larger animal of the two.

In elephant-hunting iron bullets weighing a quarter of a pound are used; throwing-clubs are employed for small game, and lions are hunted with the spear.

Such a defect is a ground for consideration in weighing a particular tax against others, but it is only one inconvenience among many incidental to all taxes.

In size they vary between wide limits, from minute sparkling points encrusting rock surfaces and often so thickly clustered together as to produce a drusy effect, to large single crystals measuring a yard in length and diameter and weighing half a ton.

Among European freshwater fishing-grounds, the Danube is only surpassed by the Volga; the most valuable fish being sturgeon and sterlet, mostly netted in the St George mouth; carp, often weighing 50 lb; pike, perch, tench and eels.

One of the best game-birds of the forest is the "crested curassow" (Crax alector), sometimes weighing 12 lb, which feeds on arboreal fruits and rarely comes to the ground.

It is one of the most fruitful of palms, its clusters weighing from 120 to 200 lb each.

Both are of large size, the baba weighing as much as 70 lb.

It attains a length of 6 ft., weighing then perhaps 30 lb, and is of a greenish colour, occasionally mixed with brown, while the tail is surrounded with alternate rings of those colours.

Therefore with equal weights a balance vibrates more slowly the more sensitive it is, and therefore weighing by a sensitive balance is a slower process than with a less sensitive one.

To keep the beam truly in its place, which is very necessary, as all the bearings are flat,the re From Airy, " On Weighing Machines," Institution of Civil Engineers, 1892.

In the comparison of standard weights, or in any weighing opera - tions where great accuracy is required, it is necessary to use many precautions.

And the weight of air displaced depends upon the density of the air at the time of weighing, and therefore the barometer reading must be taken.

In this way an exact comparison of the weights in vacuo can be computed, but of course the simplest way of arriving at the result would be by the construction of a strong air-tight case which can be completely exhausted of air by an air-pump, and in which the weighing can then be effected in vacuo.

The difficulty about weighing in vacuo is that it is found almost impossible to exhaust the case entirely, or even to maintain a constant degree of exhaustion, by reason of the leakage connected with the weighing operations, and in consequence weighing in vacuo is not much in favour.

Whatever method is adopted, very exact weighing is a difficult and troublesome work.

Steelyards are simple, trustworthy and durable, but unless special contrivances are introduced for ascertaining the position of the travelling poise with very great accuracy, there will be a little uncertainty as to the reading, and therefore steelyards are not in general so accurate as scale-beams. When carefully nicked they are well-adapted for weighing out definite quantities of goods, such as i lb, 2 lb, &c., as in such cases there is no question of estimation.

Steelyards, like other weighing machines, will be " accelerating," or " vibrating " according to the arrangement of the knife-edges.

Steelyards are largely used in machines for the automatic weighing out of granular substances.

The automatic personal weighing machine found at most railway stations operates by means of a steelyard carrying a fixed weight on its long arm, the load on the platform being inferred from the position of the steelyard.

The lever, J, regains its zero position, and all is ready for another weighing.

With accelerating machines a small amount of tilt in any direction considerably affects the accuracy of the weighing, and when the amount of tilt is considerable the action may be changed, so that a machine which was intended to act as an accelerating machine acts like a vibrating one.

There are many kinds of weighing machines depending for their action on combinations of levers, and arranged to meet special requirements.

A crane machine of peculiar construction, well adapted for weigh - ing heavy loads, and extremely simple and compact, which does not properly come under any of the heads under which the machines have been classified, is the hydrostatic weighing machine.

For many purposes spring balances are the most convenient of all weighing machines.

During the last few years great efforts have been made to expedite the operation of weighing machines by the introduction of machinery, more or less complicated, which renders the machines to a great extent self-acting.

Sometimes the object is to weigh many loads in succession, the loads being of varying weight, and to prevent the total weight at the end of a day's work; this is the case with machines for weighing coal and other minerals.

Of course the introduction of automatic mechanism introduces friction and other complications, and it is difficult to construct automatic machines that shall be as accurate in their weighing as the simpler weighing machines, but in many weighing operations a moderate degree of accuracy will suffice, and speed is of great importance.

At each end of the drum casing is attached a vertical spiral spring, and by the extension of these springs the weighing of the goods is effected.

The weights and money values are arranged on a vertical chart, the sides of which converge towards the pivoting centre of an index arm which is actuated by the weighing mechanism.

In order to deaden the vibrations of the index arm when weighing goods a vertical rod is attached to the lever from the lever machine near its left-hand end, and this rod carries on its lower end a plunger which works in a closed cylindrical dash-pot containing oil or glycerin.

Up to 2 lb the weight of the load is registered automatically on the chart in much the same manner as in the case of the automatic computing weighing machine already described.

Thus, for weighing up to the full load of 14 lb, six 2-lb weights are required and no others.

I* - This machine is adapted for weighing out granulated white sugar in parcels of I-lb, 2-lb and 4-lb weight.

Sugar Weighing M the frame of the ma chine, and transmit the weight of the hopper by means of an intermediate lever and a vertical rod to the indicator lever.

By means of suitable and simple mechanism this vertical movement of the cylinders works plunger pistons in a pair of cylinders which contain glycerin, and these deaden the vibrations of the machinery while weighing is going on.

In weighing an object with ounce-weights the fact that it weighs more than 1 lb 3 oz.

The kima, a great mussel weighing (without shell) 20 to 30 Ib, and other shellfish, are eaten, as are also dogs, flying foxes, lizards, beetles and all kinds of insects.

In size and plumage the two sexes offer a striking contrast, the male weighing about 4 lb, its plumage for the most part of a rich glossy black shot with blue and purple, the lateral tail feathers curved outwards so as to form, when raised, a fan-like crescent, and the eyebrows destitute of feathers and of a bright vermilion red.

He acquired thus early his characteristic habit of forming his opinions by the process of patiently examining and weighing the positions of all thinkers and parties.

The electrum coins of Lydia were of two kinds, one weighing 168.4 grains for the inland trade, and another of 224 grains for the trade with Ionia.

Second only to the compass in its value to the sailor is Thomson's sounding apparatus, whereby soundings can be taken in 100 fathoms by a ship steaming at 16 knots; and by the employment of piano-wire of a breaking strength of 140 tons per square inch and an iron sinker weighing only 34 lb, with a selfregistering pressure gauge, soundings can be rapidly taken in deep ocean.

Their amount can be determined in a direct manner by exhausting the saponified mass, after dilution with water, with ether, evaporating the latter and weighing the amount of mineral oil left behind.

Can ice is usually made in blocks weighing 56, 112 or 224 lb, and from 4 to 8 in.

Carmen gave the potato in her hand special attention, carefully weighing her next words.

It was this compulsion that was like a drug weighing down her thoughts and making her hungry, like walking past a bakery first thing in the morning and trying not to look at what was in the window.

He heard of the final victory just as the vessel in which he had embarked was weighing anchor in the Channel.

Her daughter Eliza, conceived by artificial insemination, was born weighing 3lb 10oz, less than half the weight of an average newborn.

Producers, suppliers of quality soft haylage in rectangular bales weighing 240kg.

Year round, depending on weather conditions, anglers can catch bonefish weighing an average of 3-6 lbs.

The latter was driven via a flywheel weighing about 2 tons, made from a solid aluminum bronze casting.

In 1842, Parsons, now the third Earl, cast a 72 inch mirror, weighing over four tons, using three crucibles.

Our little boy was born the next dat at 30 weeks weighing 950 grams.

Sir John's colors, and a leathern doublet, weighing 11 pounds, worn by him, are still preserved.

Your prize a genuine uncut Columbian emerald weighing over 1 carat.

Weighing in at just 39kg this fully specified anvil for the mobile farrier is configured for precise and efficient forging.

For puppies weighing over 6 kg, an extra syringe graduation is required daily for each additional 1 kg bodyweight.

The giant granadilla is considerably larger than the passion fruit, weighing up to 5 kg.

The culprit was a big grouper weighing around sixty pounds - an awesome fish with a mouth like a bucket.

Large warehouses were built to house American hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing half a ton.

Weighing people under water and measurements of electrical impedance have also been employed.

Consumer groups however expressed some concern that weighing costs and benefits might be used as a pretext to justify inaction.

The two works were forged steel ingots weighing 38 tons each.

The Baron, in a great contention of mind, stood irresolute, weighing the two dangers.

The freight ferry would allow islanders to travel with vehicles weighing far more than those currently allowed.

The purpose of this paper is to explore this juncture by defining the issues surrounding the shift and weighing the possibilities for the future.

You are a female kestrel, 5 ' tall, weighing 93 pounds.

In response, the bear weighing 270 kilograms struck the man.

Primates range from tiny marmosets weighing only a few grams, to huge gorillas weighing 140 180kg.

Or weighing the merits of the coffee whitener used at McDonald's vs. that used at Burger King?

A lanner Falcon weighing 1lb 5ozs can have 7 mils.

Frame; Self-supporting, chrome moly tubular space frame weighing only 11 kg.

A larger catapult called an onager fired stone shots weighing about 50kg and could hit a target 270 meters away!

For men weighing 180 pounds, the key number is 16 miles a week.

John also caught 6 more rainbows weighing between 2 and 4 pounds Generally the fishing has improved due to the weather turning cooler.

The royal regalia which includes a stone studded gold crown weighing 1769 grams can be seen only on special request.

Yet, despite weighing some eight tons, tyrannosaurus Rex could put in short dashes at 30mph.

In 1669 he invented the Roberval balance which is now almost universally used for weighing scales of the balance type.

Visit to Savaii in trading schooner weighing copra ' .

There are nearly 5,000 species of mammals the smallest shrew weighing only 1.75 grams, the largest whale up to 140 tons.

A silver tankard was bought with John Kyrle's money, weighing somewhat over eighteen ounces.

Before starting the actual picking process the order totes are weighed to determine the tare weight for the subsequent control weighing.

His father once found a truffle weighing over 2lbs which he sent to Queen Victoria.

Unfortunately she was very underweight on arrival weighing only 2.3 kilos at nearly 13 months old.

Red kites are distinctive and large birds they have a two meter wingspan, but a tiny body weighing only 2 to 3lbs.

These ripen and turn woody by October, and release a number of small flat red-brown seeds, each weighing about 0.004 gm.

Regular angler Jo Cripps also took a bonus zander weighing 10lb 4oz mid week on roach fished under a float.

Mike Johns had a good day on Saturday the 5th, catching a very fit pike weighing 15lb 4oz together with a small zander.

Hugh Taylor was the other angler to break the 13lb barrier taking again a personal best zander weighing 13lb 8oz.

Landolt's subsequent experiments showed, what was already noticed in the earlier ones, that these minute changes in weight are nearly always losses, the products weigh less than the components, while if they had been purely experimental errors, due to weighing, they might have been expected to be as frequently gains as losses.

The wood is very white, and, from its soft and even grain, is employed by turners and toy-makers, while, being tough and little liable to split, it is also serviceable for the construction of packing cases, the lining of carts and waggons, and many similar purposes; when thoroughly seasoned it makes good flooring planks, but shrinks much in drying, weighing about 58 lb per cubic foot when green, but only 331 lb when dry.

Richard Trevithick, indeed, had in 1804 tried a high-pressure steam locomotive, with smooth wheels, on a plate-way near Merthyr Tydvil, but it was found more expensive than horses; John Blenkinsop in 1811 patented an engine with cogged wheel and rack-rail which was used, with commercial success, to convey coal from his Middleton colliery to Leeds; William Hedley in 1813 built two locomotives - Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly - for hauling coal from Wylam Colliery, near Newcastle; and in the following year George Stephenson's first engine, the Blucher, drew a train of eight loaded wagons, weighing 30 tons, at a speed of 4 m.

Thus let an engine and tender weighing 80 tons haul vehicles weighing 200 tons at a uniform speed on the level of 40 m.

On that day an aerodrome, weighing about 30 lb and about 16 ft.

The cathodes, which are sheets of thin lead foil weighing 12 lb to the sq.

The weighing beam in the Hefner-Alteneck dynamometer is placed transversely to the belt (see Electrotechnischen Zeitschrift, 1881, 7).

These eggs are very minute - about one hundred weighing a grain; and a vast number of hatched worms may at first be kept in a small space; but the rapid growth and voracious appetite of the caterpillars demand quickly increasing and ample space.

Among the famous stones found in the mine are the "Excelsior" (weighing 971 carats, and larger than any previously discovered) and the "Jubilee" (see Diamond).

The knife-edges of weighing machines are the parts that wear out soonest, but very little is known about them experimentally, and the knife-edges made by different makers vary extremely in their angles.

They are sometimes made with a sliding poise weighing I ton, which has a run of 200 in., and the steelyard can exert a pull of Ioo tons.

I fathomed it easily with a cod-line and a stone weighing about a pound and a half, and could tell accurately when the stone left the bottom, by having to pull so much harder before the water got underneath to help me.

It was they, these soldiers--wounded and unwounded--it was they who were crushing, weighing down, and twisting the sinews and scorching the flesh of his sprained arm and shoulder.

John also caught 6 more Rainbows weighing between 2 and 4 pounds Generally the fishing has improved due to the weather turning cooler.

Yet, despite weighing some eight tons, tyrannosaurus rex could put in short dashes at 30mph.

A small man of 5ft 6 inches and weighing 10 stone, he was a middle order right-hand batsman who usually fielded at point.

Visit to Savaii in trading schooner weighing copra '.

Shrews are notoriously small, ( the pygmy white-toothed shrew is the smallest extant mammal weighing a mere 2-3 grams at adult weight).

Re-use of tires includes weighing down silage clamp coverings, recycling includes paper etc taken to local authority amenity sites.

In some cases, weighing the amount of spalled concrete with time can be a direct measure.

Stocked with carp weighing up to 6lb, it flows into a small stream bordered by gunnera and the whole area attracts wildlife.

A silver tankard was bought with John Kyrle 's money, weighing somewhat over eighteen ounces.

A tare function is included for weighing and similar applications.

A fixed position heavy lift crane can lift individual pieces weighing 217 tons to or from the river.

Otters are surprisingly big, with a male reaching 1.2 m from nose to tail and weighing about 10 kg.

The Aussie cavers produced strange descending devices weighing several kilos.

Apparently of massive design and built with great rigidity, weighing over 1 tons.

Included in his catch was a tench weighing 8lb 1oz.

Weighing 23lb 5oz and 18lb 1oz, the 23 was a personal best.

Matthew Donovan grabbed a quick early week session and was rewarded with a pretty big plated mirror weighing 27lb 8oz.

Catherine Rogers - Two Home Birth Stories Catherine 's first baby was born in hospital, weighing 6lb 7oz.

Clive Adams also managed a good fish on his first trip of the season, a big scaled mirror weighing 24lb 12oz.

The Zippy by Inglesina is a stroller designed to accommodate children weighing up to 45 pounds.

After weighing all of these issues, you can then decide if you want to purchase a metal stroller that will last for quite a while, or a plastic stroller that may need to be replaced eventually.

Typically, parents tend to figure out which diaper they prefer by weighing the costs and effectiveness of a particular brand.

If your baby is in the bottom 25 percent for weight that would mean he falls within the lower range with 75 percent of the children weighing more.

Weighing in at 8.6 ounces and measuring only 8 inches long, Rahman was born at 25 weeks gestation.

Rahman was a twin, and while her sister was larger, weighing 1 pound, 4 ounces, she was still considered dangerously tiny as well.

Weighing in at a mere 1 pound, 6 ounces, he was considered the earliest premature baby in the world at the time.

Weighing in at 11 ounces, Martin remained in the NCU for five months.

In 1994, Adrianna Mancini was born in Philadelphia's Children's Hospital weighing in at 24 ounces.

Bulky and heavy, with larger sets weighing 100 pounds+.

The weight of the diamond you purchase may vary, actually weighing in at an amount more or less of its specified weight.

They have top-of the-line components and are built with all-carbon and other composites weighing 1one or two pounds lighter than mid-level models.

It costs $15.99 a month, but you receive postage coupons and a free digital scale to use in weighing your mail.

Adjustable straps and seat belts are a must, especially if you have a large baby weighing in at 9 pounds or more at birth.

Audubon Binocular 7x18 Mini - weighing only 6.4 ounces, even a small child can carry these with ease.

Pentax Papilio 6.5x21- a nice compact binocular for the camper and outdoorsman, weighing just 10.2 ounces.

However, by taking a few measurements and weighing the pros and cons of each piece, you'll find your perfect toilet in no time.

When we got him six months ago, he was an unhealthy farm kitten weighing only two pounds.

These playful and affectionate felines are medium-sized, weighing between 10 and 15 pounds.

Very social and playful, the Chakan GD is a lightweight cat weighing between six to eight pounds.

The judges debated the strengths and weaknesses of the contestants, weighing up Tym's ease in front of the camera against David's obvious talent.

And with the thinly refined components of the powder, you can achieve this persona without weighing down your skin and clogging your pores.

Although lip gloss can often feel sticky and waxy, there are many brands on the cosmetic market that add shine without weighing down the consistency of lipstick.

Weighing the advantages against the disadvantages can help you make an informed decision as to whether or not you should buy a refurbished camera.

Consider how much more stable a food processor that weighs twenty pounds is compared to one weighing five or six pounds.

I suggest weighing the ham out into half-pound bags, this way if your recipe calls for a pound and a half of leftover ham, you just have to grab three bags.

Weighing less than two pounds and measuring five inches square, the Slice can cut out a dozen shapes in the time it takes a person to cut one by hand.

Use helpful resources to develop a plan of action after weighing the other benefits of managing your time well.

While you don't want to throw out your scale literally (especially if it belongs to your parents!), it can be helpful to stop weighing yourself.

Weight can fluctuate as much as five pounds in a single day and weighing yourself frequently can diminish any success you might see.

After weighing the pros and cons of registering with Macy's many couples find the benefits outweigh the drawbacks significantly.

Position the invitation paper with the stencil, taping the edges or weighing them with paper.

Place a large stencil on the box, weighing the edges down with books or heavy paperweights so it does not move.

During that broadcast, she was frail and very thin, weighing only 65 pounds.

Lost 63 pounds for his role in The Machinist, weighing just 130 pounds at the end of filming.

After execs announced that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres would be replacing Paula Abdul as a permanent judge on American Idol, fans of the show began weighing in on the decision.

Because down can keep people so warm, without weighing their clothing down, it is a popular filler for jackets and vests.

Feeding factors such as breastfeeding can also cause sizing disparities that often lead to a breastfed three-month-old infant weighing substantially less than a similarly aged infant who is fed formula.

Sizes in the micro category will accommodate infants weighing between one to three pounds.

As a general guide, a 2T fits children weighing between 25 to 27 pounds, 3T is for those weighing about 28 to 32 pounds, 4T is best for kids weighing between 33 to 36 pounds, and 5T should fit those weighing approximately 37 to 42 pounds.

If after weighing the pros and cons, you discover that you're interested in what the University of Phoenix can offer for you and your future, you can start the process of enrolling.

Downloaded textbooks have many benefits, including ease of access and not weighing a ton if you have to carry them around.

If you suspect that a distance learning degree might be for you, it's worthwhile to spend some time investigating different programs and weighing their suitability levels.

Weighing more than 225,000 tons, Oasis of the Seas proudly welcomes 6,300 guests with ease.

In 2007, Royal Caribbean International followed up on its title as creator and owner of the world's largest cruise ships with the launch of Liberty of the Seas, weighing around 154,407 tons.

Take a gay river cruise to get away from everything that's weighing you down in your daily life, meet new friends, start a new relationship, or just relax on the high seas.

A Mastiff named Zorba was one of the heaviest dogs in the world, weighing in at 343 pounds.

Shih Tzu are small dogs, usually weighing in at ten to twelve pounds, but they are far more sturdy than a Yorkshire Terrier or a Maltese.

Do not give these treats to dogs weighing less than five pounds.

He was a bit skinny, barely weighing in at six pounds, but the vet said that he would be fine.

Max is large for his breed, standing 25 inches tall and weighing 58 pounds.

It is one of the larger small dog breeds weighing in at 17 pounds or less.

According to the American Kennel Club Pomeranian Breed Standard, Pom coats are orange, red, orange sable, black and red sable, with adult dogs weighing between three and seven pounds.

Here are some factors to consider when weighing up online lessons versus traditional lessons.

Hemp is super high in protein, weighing in at 25% by bulk.

Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the move is helpful in making the final decision.

Weighing your options in CPAP machines is important.

This type of battery is heavy, weighing 40 to 70 pounds, and costs about $50 to $60 dollars for a battery rated at 85-amp hours.

Bison. He is a huge man, over seven feet tall and officially weighing in at 245 pounds.

Weighing 12.5 pounds, the chair's dimensions are 23 inches wide by 35 inches high by 28 inches deep.

It's essential to pack nutrient-rich food that will provide you with the energy necessary to endure the strenuous nature of the activity that you are engaged in without weighing down your pack unnecessarily.

They are also similar in weight, with the iPhone weighing in at 4.8 ounces and the Droid Incredible weighing in at 4.6 ounces.

The highest rates of brachial plexus injury (7.8%) occur in newborns weighing over 10 lb (4.5 kg) who are born by assisted vaginal delivery to diabetic mothers.

A careful weighing of risks and benefits, with appropriate follow-up to help reduce risks, is the best that can be recommended.

Children with minimal dehydration weighing less than 10 kilograms (22 pounds) should be given 60 to 120 mL (2-4 ounces) of an oral rehydration solution (ORS) for each episode of vomiting or diarrheal stool.

Those weighing more than 10 kg (22 lbs) should be given 120 to 240 mL (4-8 ounces).

Caskets are available from extra small sizes for pets like ferrets, rabbits and other rodents up to extra large for pets weighing between 80 and 100 pounds.

Hang a crystal in your window or wear a piece of jewelry to attract positive chi in you direction and get red of the negative chi that may be weighing you down.

These natural oils help calm hair without weighing it down, eliminating hefty reside that can lead to other hair problems.

This is because the products contain a specially patented BioAmp system that increases hair volume without weighing down your style.

While weighing the pros and cons of eyebrow transplants, try these tips for plumping up and in some cases, evening out your brows.

Weighing in at less than a pound, the lightweight design will not overwhelm already hefty luggage, and the tiny size (the largest dimension of the dryer is less than five inches) can fit in most carryon luggage pieces without a problem.

Many shampoo samples are packaged in small bottles, usually weighing in at one ounce.

A Ouidad haircut works for curly and long hair because the cut is geared to keep curls from weighing down the style while balancing the natural fullness of curly hair.

A few drops of this rich and emollient oil helps to tame flyaways without weighing down tresses.

Whether you're growing out your layers, adding some length to your crop or weighing down your curls with longer locks, bangs add just the right amount of sexy to any summer style.

If you don't have to test legally, then deciding whether or not you want to really is a matter of weighing the benefits against the disadvantages.

Babies weighing fewer than 5.5 pounds are considered to have a low birth weight in normal conditions.

Babies weighing fewer than 3.3 pounds are at risk for problems as newborns.

Weighing the pros and cons of male vs. female contraception is a helpful way to determine which types of birth control are best for you.

Weighing the benefits and drawbacks of male vs. female contraception can help couples make the right decision.

Heavy nylon can be just as durable as thick cotton canvas, but it has the dual advantages of weighing less and drying faster after those summer showers that can pop up so quickly.

When a child is playing by the pool, the light playing off the water can cause serious burns. a rash guard helps tfight this kind of damage to the skin by protecting the skin without weighing the child down.

After weighing the advantages (looking curvaceous yet trim) and the disadvantages (having to take extra-special care of the suit), you may be wondering if the Miraclesuit is for you.

With these same rates in mind, a man weighing 154 pounds would have to make between 1.75-3.50 grams of vitamin C a day as an equivalent to what other animals produce.

Weighing just 88 pounds, this lightweight unit offers the ideal cooling solution for any network environment.

Weighing in at less than 11 pounds, this is one of the lightest vacuums you are going to find without sacrificing power.

Weighing only 19 ounces, it is easily transportable and it retails for around $85.