...making, under the direction of the Lords of the Treasury, a new standard yard, bearing the proportion to a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, as 36 inches to 39.1393 inches." The event contemplated by the last clause...

...otherwise injured, it should be restored by making a new standard yard, bearing the same proportion to a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, as 36 inches bears to 39.1303 inches, the latter bcing the length of the...

...— This section provides that the yard, if lost, &c., may be restored by reference to the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude...level of the sea, in the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches and -fflth part of an inch. 4. — Standard brass weight of one pound Troy weight made in the...

...Mile. 69^ Miles =1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. * The imperial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in...latitude of London in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39-1393. Since the passing of this act, however, some very elaborate...

...thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches."* What is an inch ? A measure bearing a certain proportion to " a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum at the level of the sea."f What is judicial proof? That which, being permitted by law to be given in evidence, induces...

...making, under the directions of the Lords of the Treasury, a new standard yard, bearing the proportion to a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, and at the level of the sea, of 36 inches to 39-1393 inches." It is here assumed that the laws of nature...

...Weights 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...latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is In the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches and 1393 ten-thousandth parts of an inch." From which...

...lost or destroyed, it should be restored by making " a new standard yard, bearing the proportion to a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, and at the level of the sea, as 36 inches is to 39,1393 inches." In 1834, the brass rod spoken of was...

...injured, it should be restored by making a new standard yard, bearing the same proportion to a peudulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, as 36 inches bears to 39.1393 inches, the latter being the length of the...

...line = i inch. 1 inch = ai).*.)93 seconds-pendulum. 12 „ =1 foot. 36 „ = 3 „ =1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean") time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum >• 39-1393 inches. at the level of the sea J RELATION Or MEASURES TO WEIGHTS. ; 1 Minim is the measure...