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Inch
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INCH. From the Latin uncia. A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot.



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Pulling a wide range, such as 25-28 inches of mercury, will be detrimental to achieving a reliable reading.
As applied to natural gas, the volume of gas which, when saturated with water vapor at 60 degrees F and at a pressure of 30 inches of mercury occupies one cubic foot of volume.
This can introduce unadjusted testing errors of more than two inches of mercury in the actual vacuum level and vary measured specified gravities in the test samples by as much as 0.
 
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