 | Thomas Edward Finegan - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1922 - 500 pages
...imperial standard yard, according to the act of parliament passed in 1824, was the straight line or distance between the centers of the two points in the gold studs in the brass rod in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, entitled, standard yard, 1760. By the... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 434 pages
...of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures ' Standard Yard... | |
 | Ronald Edward Zupko - Science - 1990 - 578 pages
...radical departure from earlier practice. STANDARD DESCRIPTION IN THE ACT yard The straight line or distance between the centers of the two points in the gold studs on the straight brass rod in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Comions engraved "Standard yard,... | |
 | Alexander Wood - Physicians - 1983 - 392 pages
...enacted, that from and after the ist January, 1824, the straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures 'Standard Yard,... | |
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May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures 
