...yard shall be " thirty-six parts " (that is, inches), "of which there are 39'1373 in the length of a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time• in the latitude of London, in vacuofi at a temperature of 62° Fahrenheit." Compared with the French system of tenths, based on the...

...1 line =. A mcn1 inch = ,,i^,t seconds pendulum. 12 „ =1 foot. 88 „ = 3 „ = Ijard. 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 . .) RELATION OP MEASUBEB TO WEIGHT. 1 minim in the...

...standard of length. These experiments were conducted by George Graham, who determined tl.e length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, at the temperature of 62° F., in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, to be In the then known units...

...defines the yard to contain thirty-six such parts, of which parts there are 39.1393 in the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in vacno, at the level of the sea, at temperature 62° F. The Commissioners, however, appointed to consider...

...the standard unit of length, § 3 of the Act recited that 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, had also been determined to be in the proportion of 36 inches to 39- 1393 inches, and it was provided...

...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, ia in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches and one thousand three hundred and...

...invariable natural standard, it was enacted, that the new standard yard should be of such length that the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum at the level of the sea, should be 39'1393 inches. On Oct. 16, 1834, occurred the fire at the Houses of Parliament, in which...

...Inch = aTp.;j^s of a pendulum vibrating seconds. 12 „ =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 of the sea. j It is remarkable that the English and French standards, taken from such different sources, should...

...line = -^ inch. 1 inch = -sg.^vs seconds pendulum. 12 „ =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 vacunm at the level of the sea . . ) * The Dublin College of Physicians adopted...

...the Act passed in 1824 (5 Geo. IV. c. 74) this yard was described (sect. 3) to be the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude...vacuum at the level of the sea, in the proportion of 36 to 39 -1393. This declaration was made for the purpose of replacing the standard yard, if lost, destroyed,...