 | American Philosophical Society - 1887 - 494 pages
...approximation to the legal standard yard. A commission was appointed by the British Government, in 1838, "to consider the steps to be taken for the restoration of the Standards of Weight and Measure." The commissioners in their report, made in 1841, say : " We are of opinion that the definition contained... | |
 | 1843 - 594 pages
...Condition of England. By R. Torrens, Esq., FRS, . . 190 i! CONTENTS. Page ART. VIII. — Report of the Commissioners appointed to consider the steps to be...Restoration of the Standards of Weight and Measure. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of her Majesty, 1841, . 228 IX — 1. The Military... | |
 | 1843 - 596 pages
...effectual security for the repose of the world. AnT. VIII. — Report of the Commissioners appo'mtedto consider the steps to be taken for the Restoration of the Standards of Weight and Measure. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of her Majesty, 1841. THE standards of weight and... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1880 - 436 pages
...Report on Weights and Measures, and Minutes of Evidence. Rep. Committees, 1835, vol. xiv., No. 292. Report of Commissioners appointed to consider the...Herschel, Lefevre, Lubbock, Peacock, and Sheepshanks. Hep. Commissioners, 1834-35, vol. i., No. 177. Report of Commissioners appointed to consider Steps... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1880 - 428 pages
...Report on Weights and Measures, and Minutes of Evidence. Rep. Committees, 1835, vol. xiv., No. 292. Report of Commissioners appointed to consider the...Lubbock, Peacock, and Sheepshanks. Rep. Commissioners, 1834-35, vol. i., No. 177. Report of Commissioners appointed to consider Steps for the Restoration... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...Parliament by fire, in 1834, proved fatal to the standard yard and pound. A commission was subsequently appointed to consider the steps to be taken for the restoration of these standards, the members of which were all Fellows of the Royal Society. The late Mr. Baily took... | |
 | William Laxton - 1854 - 608 pages
...rendered available for the public use. NEW PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS OF LENGTH AND WEIGHT. IK 1841, the Commissioners appointed to consider the steps to be...restoration of the standards of weight and measure, presented their report to both Houses of Parliament : in which they recommended the appointment of... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1854 - 324 pages
...Parliament by fire, in 1834, proved fatal to the Standard Yard and Pound. A Commission was subsequently appointed to consider the steps to be taken for the restoration of these standards — the members of which were all Fellows of the Royal Society. The late Mr. Baily... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1854 - 352 pages
...Parliament by fire, in 1834, proved fatal to the Standard Yard and Pound. A Commission was subsequently appointed to consider the steps to be taken for the restoration of these standards — the members of which were all Fellows of the Royal Society. The late Mr. Baily... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1855 - 454 pages
...(107.)- - - - - VI. 413 Same [as amended by the Lords] ; (215.) - ----- VI. 421 If. Report: Report of the Commissioners appointed to consider the steps to be taken for the restoration of the standards of weights and measures; (177.) - - XV. 889 Weights and Measures (Ireland), see Fairs and Markets. West... | |
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Commissioners appointed to consider the Steps to be taken for the Restoration of the Standards of Weight and Measure, by Airy, Baily, Bethune, Herschel, Lefevre, Lubbock, Peacock, and Sheepshanks. 
