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Definition of Crith
1. Noun. The weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure).
Definition of Crith
1. n. The unit for estimating the weight of aëriform substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0° centigrade, and with a tension of 76 centimeters of mercury. It is 0.0896 of a gram, or 1.38274 grains.
Definition of Crith
1. Noun. (physics) the weight of 1 litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure. Equal to approximately 0.09 grams. ¹
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Definition of Crith
1. a small unit of mass [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crith
Literary usage of Crith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, Ireland Commissioners for Pub. the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland, William Neilson Hancock (1879)
"SEQUEL TO THE crith ... special title has been prefixed to the treatise, and for
the purpose of the present volume it has been named the sequel to the crith ..."
2. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1870)
"The crith is the weight of one litre or cubic decimetre of hydrogen at 0° C. and
... For this purpose I venture to suggest the term crith, derived from the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... N. A disinfectant composed of crith. The weight of a litre of hydrogen at 0''
and 700 mm. pressure—viz. ..."
4. Ériu: Founded as the Journal of the School of Irish Learning Devoted to by Royal Irish Academy (1904)
"... ie the property left by a deceased person. This text, which is found in H. 3.
18 p. 25^, is of much later date than the crith ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... hydrogen, 1 crith = 0-0396 gramme. to be remembered and kept ready for
calculation ; for it is the standard multiple or co-efficient by means of which ..."
6. Chemical Arithmetic and Calculation of Furnace Charges by Regis Chauvenet (1912)
"Although we prefer the "22.4" method to be later introduced, we have given
precedence to the "crith" as the older method of solution of problems of this ..."
7. The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland by Jonathan Binns (1837)
"... at crith Bog—Inequality of Grand-jury cess—Cattle of the district—Ahascragh
Loan Society —Junction of farms—Farms of ten acres—Advice to both landlord ..."
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