 | Great Britain - Law - 1836 - 592 pages
...hundred and forty such square yards, being one hundred and sixty square perches, poles, or rods. dulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a No. XVIII. vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of thirty-six inches to 5 Geo. IV.... | |
 | Samuel Higgs Gael - Law - 1840 - 364 pages
...the purpose of affording means of restoring the standard measures, the relation between the yard and a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, was ascertained ; and for restoring weights, relation was made to a cubic inch of distilled water,... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...which is to be that proportion which the yard bears to the length of a pendulum, vibrating seconds of time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea ; which U found to be as thirty-six inches (the yard) to 3!i. 1393 (the pendulum); thus a sure means... | |
 | 1843 - 594 pages
...hereby declar' ed to be the imperial standard yard, when compared with a 1 pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London, in a ' vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of thirty' six inches to thirty-nine inches, and one thousand three hun' dred and ninety-three ten-thousandth... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1845 - 1018 pages
...standard yard, when comw *ith a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of ™^on, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of thirtyn inches to thirty-nine inches, and one thousand three hundred and fly-three ten thousandth parts... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 436 pages
...of Weights and Measures, that the said Yard hereby declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard, wheu compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacunm at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and... | |
 | Frederic A. Adams - Arithmetic - 1846 - 230 pages
...destroyed, may be restored, by making it fft'§§5£ °f tne length of a pendulum, that vibrates seconds in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea. If all these conditions are fulfilled, a pendulum that vibrates seconds must have an absolutely invariable... | |
 | William Martin - 1847 - 252 pages
...which is to be that proportion which the yard bears to the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea ; which is found to be as 36 inches (the yard) to 39.1393 (the pendulum) ; thus a sure means is established... | |
 | William Nathaniel Griffin - Dynamics, Rigid - 1847 - 130 pages
...Geo. IV. defines the yard to contain 36 such parts, of which parts there are 30.1393 in the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in vacuo at the level of the sea at temperature 62 F. The commissioners, however, appointed to consider... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 428 pages
...of Weights and Measures, that the said Yard hereby declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard, wheu compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean...Vacuum at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten -thousandth... | |
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Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea... 
