 May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures  A manual of explanatory arithmetic - Page 138by Edward Hughes - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...was fixed, by Act of Parliament passed 1835, to be " the straight line or distance between the cent» of the two points in the gold studs in the straight...rod now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words 'Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved." The Act further states that in the... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...That from and after the first day of May, 1825, the straight line or distance between the centres ot the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures, " Standard yard, 1760" are engraved, shall be, and the same... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1825 - 490 pages
...therefore enacted, That from and after the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight line or distance between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures " Standard Yard, 1760," are engraved, shall be, and the same... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - Industrial arts - 1825 - 442 pages
...parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the 1st of January, 1826, the straight line or distance between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the! House of Commons, whereon the words and figures " Standard Yard, 1760,'' are engraved, shall be and the same... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1825 - 486 pages
...throughout the country. The first section of the Act enacts, that " from and after the 1st day of May, 1825, the straight line or distance between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures, ' Standard yard, 1760,' are engraved, shall be, and the same... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1825 - 472 pages
...the country. The first section of tlie Act enacts, that " from and after the '1st day of May, 1825, the straight line or distance between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures, ' Standard yard, 1760,' are engraved, shall be, and the same... | |
 | Luke Herbert - Industrial arts - 1825 - 396 pages
...the standard of weights and measure? are determined to be as follow, viz. The Standard Yard is " that distance between the centres of the two points in...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, which is declared to be... | |
 | S. F. T. Wilde, Charles Barton - Commercial law - 1826 - 660 pages
...measure to be computed thereby. Standard pound weight. § 1. By this act it is declared, sec. 1. that the straight line or distance between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures " STANDARD YARD, I7fi0," are engraved, shall be the original... | |
 | Charles Barton, Samuel Francis Thomas Wilde - Conveyancing - 1826 - 658 pages
...measure to be computed . thereby. Standard pound weight. § 1. By this act it is declared, sec. l. that the straight line or distance between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures " STANDARD YARD, 1760," are engraved, shall be the original... | |
 | Technology - 1826 - 478 pages
...this Act we learn that the straight line, or distance, between the centres of the two points in lli«; gold studs in the straight brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures "Standard Yard, 1760," are engraved, shall be the original and... | |
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