 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 942 pages
...36 whereof make a yard. The standard yard is determined to be, " that distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight...the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, wherein the words and figures ' Standard Yard, 17CO,' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1840 - 644 pages
...capacity. As to the measure of extension — 5th Geo. IV, c. 74, sec. 1: " Distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod now in the custody of the nlerk of the House of Commons, where the words and figures ' standard yard 1760' are engraved, and... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1840 - 640 pages
...extension — 5th Geo. IV, c. 74, sec. 1: " Distance between the centres of the two points in the fo\d studs in the straight brass rod now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, where the words and figures ' standard yard 1760' are engraved, and 62 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer,... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...perches, poles, or rods. By s.'4, the standard brass weight, of one pound troy weight, made in 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, shall be the original and genuine standard measure of weights, and such brass weight shall be denominated... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...foot, and thirty-six whereof make a yard. The standard yard is •• that distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight...whereon the words and figures ' Standard yard, 1760' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine standard of the measure of length called a yard ;... | |
 | Commerce - 1841 - 604 pages
...January, 1826,) the straight line or the distance between " the centres of the two points in the gola studs in the straight brass rod, ' now in the custody...whereon the ' words and figures ' STANDARD YARD, 1760,' are engraved, shall be the ' original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal exten'sion... | |
 | Commerce - 1841 - 598 pages
...1st 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 DENOMINATIONS. Square Inche», Square Feet. Square Yards. §4 1* £* N t... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1845 - 1018 pages
...After lit May, night line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold ySdefim-d"" ads in the straight brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the the measure of louse of Commons, whereon the words and figures 'standard yard, I™*"1 »htt,11... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 436 pages
...of 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...whereon the Words and Figures ' Standard Yard 1760 ' are engraved, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the original and genuine Standard of... | |
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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 
