 | John Hind - Arithmetic - 1840 - 252 pages
...of a Pendulum vibrating seconds, or performing 86400 oscillations in the interval between the Sun's leaving the meridian of a place and returning to it again, is always the same at a.Jixed place and under the same circumstances : and if this length be divided into 391392 equal parts,... | |
 | John Hind - 1856 - 346 pages
...yard at any time be lost, it would be easy to have recourse to experiment for its recovery. the Sun's leaving the meridian of a place and returning to it...circumstances : and if this length be divided into 391392 equal parts, the yard is defined to be 360000 of these parts : also, conversely, since a yard... | |
 | Children's literature, English - 1863 - 348 pages
...Now the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds, or performing 86,400 oscillations between the sun's leaving the meridian of a place and returning to it...into 391,392 equal parts, the yard is defined to be equal to 360,000 of these parts. Also, conversely, since a yard is equal to 36 inches, it follows that... | |
 | William Hopton - 1864 - 128 pages
...of a Pendulum vibrating seconds, or performing 86,400 oscillations in the interval between the sun's leaving the meridian of a place and returning to it...is always the same at a fixed place and under the samt circumstances; and if this length be divided into 391,392 equal parts, the yard ] is defined to... | |
 | William Hopton - 1883 - 314 pages
...Pendulum vibrating seconds, or performing 46,400 oscillations in the interval | bet ween the sun's leaving the meridian of a place and returning to it...a yard is equal to 36 inches, it follows that the lenffth of the seconds pendulum, expressed in inches, is 39-1392. The Pendulum referred to in this... | |
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Pendulum vibrating seconds, or performing 46,400 oscillations in the interval between the sun•s leaving the meridian of a place and returning to it again, is always the same at a, fixed place, and under the same circumstances; and if this length be... 