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" Yard 1760" are engraved, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal extension called a yard ; and that the same straight line or distance between the centres of the said two points... "
Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College: Miscellaneous Papers - Page 274
by Edward Charles Pickering - 1888
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 5

1825 - 458 pages
...standard of that measure of length, or lineal extension, called a yard, and that the same straight line of distance between the centres of the said two points in the said gold Kinds in the said brass rod, the brass being at the temperature of C2 deg. by /'uArrHItrit't thermometer,...
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Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: Consisting of Original ...

1821 - 454 pages
...British empire, so that the distance between the centres of the two gold pins inserted in that scale, the brass being at the temperature of sixty-two degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer, be one yard. And it appears from the experiments made for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 63

1822 - 1100 pages
...British empire, so that the distance between the centres of the two gold pins inserted in that scale, the brass being at the temperature of sixty-two degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer, be one yard. And it appears from the experiments made for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating...
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Annual Register, Volume 63

Edmund Burke - 1822 - 1050 pages
...British empire, so that the distance between the centres of the two gold pins inserted in that scale, the brass being at the temperature of sixty-two degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer, be one yard. And it appears from the experiments made for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating...
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in ...

Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...Measure of Length or lineal Extension call i a Yard; and that the same Straight Line or Distance bem-r the Centres of the said Two Points in the said Gold Studs in '; '•* said Brass Rod, the Brass being at the Temperature of Sixtjtwo Degrees by Fahrenheit's Thermometer,...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 3

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 pages
...be, the original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal extension called a yard ; and that the same straight line or distance between...said brass rod, the brass being at the temperature of 62 degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer, shall be and is hereby denominated the ' Imperial standard...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 3

1825 - 486 pages
...be, the original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal extension called a yard ; and that the same straight line or distance between...said brass rod, the brass being at the temperature of G2 degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer, shall be and is hereby denominated the ' Imperial standard...
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London Journal of Arts and Sceinces: And Repertory of Patent ..., Volume 10

William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 442 pages
...be the original and genuine standard of that measure of length of lineal extension called a yard ; and that the same straight line or distance between the centres of the said two points in the said golds tuds in the said brass rod, the brass being at the temperature of sixty-two degrees by Fahrenheit's...
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The Artificer's Complete Lexicon, for Terms Prices, Etc

John Bennett (Engineer) - 1833 - 488 pages
...1760," is engraved, shall be the original and genuine Standard Yard ; and that the same straight line in the said brass rod, (the brass being at the temperature...sixty-two degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer,) shall be denominated the " Imperial Standard Yard," and shall be the unit or only standard measure of extension...
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The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...

Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...the original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal extension called a yard ; and the same straight line or distance between the centres...sixty-two degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer, shall be denominated the " imperial standard yard," and shall be the unit or only standard measure of extension,...
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