 | James Clerk Maxwell - Science - 1871 - 346 pages
...Parliament ' ' that the straight line or 1 18 & 19 Viet. c. 72, July 30, 1855. distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard at 62° F., and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its copies.'... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1874 - 1324 pages
...is now referred to the "straight line or distance between the centres of the two gold plugs or pins in the bronze bar deposited in the office of the exchequer." This bar is designated as "bronze 19, No. 1," and the length is to be measured when its temperature is 02°... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell - Force and energy - 1876 - 138 pages
...19 Viet. c. 72, July 80, 1855, which enacts " that the straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer fihall be the genuine standard yard at 62° Fahrenheit, and if lost, it shall be replaced by means... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1881 - 726 pages
...standard was passed in 1J55, when it was enacted " that the straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard, at 62° F. ; and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its copies."... | |
 | Joshua Joseph J. Doherty - 1881 - 240 pages
...standard yard. The standard yard is defined by Act of Parliament to be the distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited in the Exchequer, the temperature being 62° Fah. The French standard of length is the metre. It is nearly... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1882 - 510 pages
...standard was passed in 1955, when it was enacted " that the straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard, at 62" F. ; and if lost it shall be replaced by moans of its copies."... | |
 | Alfred Daniell - 1884 - 684 pages
...standard yard, which is equal to three feet, is defined by law as " the distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer" at the temperature of 62° F. A number of authorised copies of this have been made and are deposited... | |
 | Joseph M'Gregor Robertson - Biophysics - 1884 - 558 pages
...inches). It is an arbitrary measure enacted by Parliament, and is the distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited at the office of the Exchequer. The French standard of length is the metre. It is intended to be about... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1887 - 894 pages
...Parliament, 30th July, 1855, it was enacted, " That the " straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse " lines in the two gold plugs in...bronze bar deposited in the " office of the Exchequer, shall be the genuine standard yard at " 62° F., and if lost shall be replaced by means of its copies."... | |
 | Andrew Gray - Electric measurements - 1888 - 558 pages
...Parliament in the following ™^ terms : * " The straight line or distance between the adopted, centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the...bronze bar deposited in the Office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard of length at 62° F., and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its... | |
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The straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited in the Office of the Exchequer... 
