 | 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...the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words 'Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved." The Act further states that in the latitude of London the pendulum... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...first day of May, 1825, the standard brass weight of one pound Troy weight, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard measure of weight,... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...imperiously necessary. The first clause of the act relates to measures, and enacts that the straightline or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures " standardyard,\l<X>,"... | |
 | Great Britain - Law - 1824 - 826 pages
...Brass Weight of One Pound Troy Weight, made in the Year One thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the original and genuine Standard Measure of Weight,... | |
 | 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...and figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine standard of the measure of length called a yard : and as the expansibility... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1825 - 490 pages
...brass weight of one pound troy weight, made in the year one thousand •even hundred and fifty-eight, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard measure of weight,... | |
 | Technology - 1826 - 478 pages
...matter of weights and measures, ordered by the New Act. In the first clause of 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,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1826 - 476 pages
...solid, shall be divided . • . - ion.- ' Again, the fourth clause of this Act declares that there is now, in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, a brass weight, called a pound troy weight, made ia the year 1/58, and that such brass weight shall... | |
 | Charles Barton, Samuel Francis Thomas Wilde - Conveyancing - 1826 - 658 pages
...measure, if lost. § 4. That the standard brass weight of one pound troy weight, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, shall be declared to be the original and genuine standard measure of weight, and such brass weight... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1826 - 490 pages
...superficial, or solid, shall be divided. Again, the fourth clause of this Act declares that there is now, in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, a brass weight, called a pound troy weight, made in the year 1/58, and that such brass weight shall... | |
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January, 1826, 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 
