| William Handsel Griffiths - Materia medica - 1879 - 342 pages
...Line = -^ inch 1 Inch = sji'aa seconds pendulum 12 Inches = 1 foot 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of] mean time in the latitude of London, in }• 39-1393 inches a vacuum at the level of the sea Is of) i,in V39-] RELATION OF MEASURES TO WEIGHTS.... | |
| 1880 - 436 pages
...and Measures, that the said Yard hereby declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard, when compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea is in the proponion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand three... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1875 - 472 pages
...is the same as the Imperial standard yard of Great Britain. It is determined as follows : The rod of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, is divided into 391393 equal parts, and 360000 of these parts are 36 inches, or 1... | |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Mechanical engineering - 1881 - 672 pages
...and measures, that the said Yard hereby declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, 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... | |
| John Muter - 1880 - 666 pages
...inch. Measures of Length. seconds-pendulum. • , '393 301303 „ = i foot. ,, =3 feet= i yard. th of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the ) latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea. j Tjic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inch Barom. - 252-458 graii Relations... | |
| Robert Edmund Scoresby- Jackson - 1880 - 622 pages
...jV inch. 1 Inch, = wiVffa seconds pendulum. 12 Inches, = 1 foot. 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds -\ of mean time in the latitude of ( . . London, in a vacuum at the level ( 39'139" mcnesof the sea, . . . . . ) Relation of Measures to Weights of British Pharmacopoeia.... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1881 - 614 pages
...yard shall be restored by taking the length which shall bear a certain proportion to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea; and that the pound shall be restored by taking the weight which bears a certain proportion... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1881 - 648 pages
...yard shall be restored by taking the length which shall bear a certain proportion to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea; and that the pound shall be restored by taking the weight which bears a certain proportion... | |
| 1881 - 842 pages
...yard shall be restored by taking the length which shall bear a certain proportion to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea; and that the pound shall be restored by taking the weight which bears a certain proportion... | |
| John Attfield - 1881 - 854 pages
...=T'j inch. 1 inch = Tr»-fjoTr seconds-pendulum. 12 „ =1 foot. 36 „ =3 feet =1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean } time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum > 3!H393 inches, at the level of the sea ) (1 cubic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inch... | |
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