| Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...inform us, that a new standard of longitudinal measure was ascertained by king Henry the first ; who commanded that the ulna or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm. And, one standard of measures of length being gained, all others... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...ancient historians inform us, that a new standard of length was fixed by our king Henry the First ; who commanded that the ulna, or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm. See MEASURE. The standard of weights was originally taken from... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...ancient historians inform us, that a new standard of length was fixed by our king Henry the First; who commanded that the ulna, or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm. See MIASCKK. The standard of weights was originally taken from... | |
| Joseph Chitty - Commercial law - 1824 - 516 pages
...inform us, that a new standard of longitudinal measure was ascertained by king Henry the first, who commanded that the ulna or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm (2). And one standard of measures of length being gained, all others... | |
| Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...inform us, that a new standard of longitudinal measure was ascertained by King Henry the First, who commanded that the ulna, or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm. And one standard of measures of length being gained, all others... | |
| William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...inform us, that a new standard of longitudinal measure was ascertained by King Henry the First, who commanded that the ulna, or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm. And, one standard of measures of length being gained, all others... | |
| James Ferguson (schoolmaster.) - 1840 - 48 pages
...two ordinary steps, a fathom (6 feet), from the extremity of one hand to that of the other, the arms oppositely extended. It is stated that Henry I. in...hence derived, whether lineal, superficial, or solid. Weights and measures were invented 869 BC fixed to a standard in England, 1257, regulated 1492, equalized,... | |
| 1852 - 444 pages
...2 ordinary steps ; a fathom (6 feet) from the extremity of one hand to that of the other, the arms oppositely extended. It is stated that Henry I., in...hence derived, whether lineal, superficial, or solid. Weights and measures were ^invented 869 BC; fixed to a standard in England, 1257 ; regulated, 1492... | |
| Electronic journals - 1854 - 778 pages
...£99., who inform us, that a new standard of longitudinal measure was ascertained by Henry I., who commanded that the ulna, or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the exact length of his own arm.] Elstob, Elizabeth. — Can any of yonr numerous correspondents... | |
| James Cornwell - 1855 - 382 pages
...barley give little more tlmn » of a loot. t William of Malmesbury states positively that Henry I. commanded that the ulna, or ancient ell, which answers to the modern yard, should be made of the It-nk'th of his own arm. Rut this is the only authority (and not a very trustworthy one) for... | |
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