 | Henry Atton - Customs administration - 1910 - 546 pages
...was outrageously false or partial. and dry. The yard was defined as the measure of the straight line between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod (then in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, and marked ' Standard yard, 1760 '), when... | |
 | Joseph Charles Park - Woodwork (Manual training) - 1911 - 340 pages
...Jan. 1, 1826. Part of the statute is as follows: " The straight line or distance between the centers of the two points in the gold studs in the straight...custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon are the words and figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' shall be, and is hereby declared to be, the unit,... | |
 | United States - 1816 - 702 pages
...the straight line or distance between the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass ri>d, now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, is declared to be the original and genuine stindurd of length called a yard; and is declared to be... | |
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January, 1826, 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 
