Excerpt from Elements of Physics: For Use in Secondary Schools Exp. 3. - Measure the length, breadth, and thick ness of a piece of wood of right-angled cross section, and find its volume (space occupied) with reference to some standard unit, as the centimeter or inch. Exp. 4. - Measure with a pair of calipers the diam eter of a cylindrical solid (as piece of round molding), and find its volume. [appendix, Section II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.