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名詞

chiliogramme (複数形 chiliogrammes)

1. Obsolete spelling of kilogram
   • 1801, Brisson, Mathurin Jacques, The Physical Principles of Chemistry:

     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.

   • 1810, The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture:

     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.

   • 1829, Jamieson, Alexander, A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Knowledge, volume 2:

     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);