Meaning of chiliogramme | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of kilogram.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“According to the new system, a litre of air weighs one gramme, 232 milligrammes; and the chiliolitre or cubic metre, weighs 1 chiliogramme, 231 grammes, 903 milligrammes. […] To form⟳ a cubic metre of water, weighing 1000 chiliogrammes, will require⟳ therefore 850 chiliogrammes of oxygen gas, and 150 chiliogrammes of hydrogen gas.”

“For a chiliogramme (2 lb. averd.) of wood, about 10 chiliogrammes of air are required; for a chiliogramme of coal, 20 chiliogrammes of air, &c. which, supposing that the oxygen and azote that enter⟳ into the composition of atmospheric air, are in the proportion of 22 to 78, shews that wood requires 2.20 of its weight of oxygen, Argand’s lamps offer⟳ an application of these principles, which is as curious as it is useful.”

“It appears also from Coulomb’s experiments, that a man going up stairs for a day raises 205 chiliogrammes (a chiliogramme is equal to three ounces five drams avoirdupois) to the height of a chiliometre (a chiliometre is equal to 39571 English inches);”

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