 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1870 - 374 pages
...LENGTH. 229. The standard unit of length is the yard, and is determined as follows : — A pendv lum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, is divided into 391,393 equal parts. 360,000 of these parts are equivalent... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Physics - 1870 - 752 pages
...should he restored hy making a new standard yard, hearing the same proportion to a pendulum vihrating 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 hcing the length of the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1858 - 378 pages
...as the imperial standard yard of Great Britain. It is determined as follows : The rod of a peudulum 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 standard yard. Hence,... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1871 - 370 pages
...STANDARD OF LENGTH. 229. The standard unit of length is the yard, and is determined as follows: — A pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, is divided into 391,893 equal parts. 360,000 of these parts are equivalent... | |
 | John Attfield - Chemistry - 1871 - 568 pages
...line = ~ inch. lA 1 inch = 39~i393 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 at >- 39.1393 inches. the level of the sea ) (1 cubic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inch Barom,... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...Parliament, 5 Geo. IV., the yard ia denned as 36 parts, of which there are 39 • 1 393 in the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in vacuo at temperature 62° F. For a third use see Horoloyy. PENETRATION, ELECTRIC ; or, Penetration... | |
 | William Alfred BROWNE - Money - 1872 - 318 pages
...PART II. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The yard is the standard measure of length ; when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of...latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, it is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39-1393 inches. Equivalent value. En9lish value. Systematic... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...STANDARD OP LENGTH. 22J). The standard unit of length is the yard, and is determined as follows: — A pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, is divided into 39J ,393 equal parts. 360,000 of these parts are equivalent... | |
 | Samuel Griffiths - Iron industry and trade - 1873 - 592 pages
...COMPENDIUM OF MECHANICS. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. IMPERIAL STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. STANDARD YAED. THE Standard Yard, when compared with a Pendulum vibrating...vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion as 36 to 39 inches, and 1393 ten thousandth parts of an inch. The Rood of Land shall contain 1210 square... | |
 | Samuel Griffiths - Iron industry and trade - 1873 - 582 pages
...COMPENDIUM OF MECHANICS. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. IMPERIAL STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. STANDARD YAKD. THE Standard Yard, when compared with a Pendulum vibrating...mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at tho level of the sea, is in the proportion as 36 to 39 inches, and 1393 ten thousandth parts of an... | |
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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 three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth Parts of an Inch... 
