cubic measure
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A very accurate analysis gives, at Montreal, in July, atmospheric air in solution or admixture 446 per cent; for a quart of this water, 57 inches cubic measure, evaporated to dryness, left 2.87 solid residue.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
For that matter, coal from different mines, whether hard or soft, differs in weight, and consequently in cubic measure, according to quality.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
The weight of the cubic measure was also the standard for imperial weight in Babylonia.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
Decist�re, des-i-stār, n. a cubic measure equal to 1⁄10 stere.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
She assented, and Donal gave them a lesson in cubic measure and content.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
