Because the density of water in g/cm 3 is 1.0, the SG of an object is will be almost the same as its density in g/cm 3. However, specific gravity is a unitless number, and is the same in the metric system or any other measurement system. It is very useful when comparing the density of two objects.
Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79. Antonin Scalia, the staunchly conservative supreme court justice, has died at the age of 79, prompting an immediate political struggle over the future direction of the United States, even as tributes were being paid to honor his service.
President Ronald Reagan announces the nomination of Scalia to the Supreme Court on June 17, 1986, as a result of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger's retirement. Scalia works in his office in Washington on July 28, 1986. Scalia, who was appointed in 1986, was the longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court. Scalia appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings in Washington on August 6, 1986.