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On the Science of Weighing and Measuring, and the Standards of Weight and Measure *

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IN the comparison of standard weights, the difficulty and risk of error in determining the weight of air displaced by them is to be avoided by weighing them not in air, but in a vacuum. Two methods are employed for this kind of weighing.

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CHISHOLM, H. On the Science of Weighing and Measuring, and the Standards of Weight and Measure * . Nature 9, 87–89 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009087a0

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