 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  A manual of explanatory arithmetic - Page 138by Edward Hughes - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 942 pages
..."1 2 whereof make a foot, and 36 whereof make a yard. The standard yard is determined to be, " that distance between the centres of the two points in...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, wherein the words and figures ' Standard Yard, 17CO,' are engraved, which is declared to be... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...Geo. 4, c. 74, ascertaining and establishing uniformity of weights and measures, it is enacted, that the straight line, or distance, between the centres...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, whereon the words and figures " standard gard, 1760," are engraved, shall be the original... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1840 - 640 pages
...extension — 5th Geo. IV, c. 74, sec. 1: " Distance between the centres of the two points in the fo\d studs in the straight brass rod now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, where the words and figures ' standard yard 1760' are engraved, and 62 degrees Fahrenheit's... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...inch, twelve whereof make a foot, and thirty-six whereof make a yard. The standard yard is •• that distance between the centres of the two points in...rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, whereon the words and figures ' Standard yard, 1760' are engraved, which is declared to be... | |
 | Commerce - 1841 - 598 pages
...1st day of May, 1825, (subsequently extended " to the 1st of January, 1626,) the straight line or the distance between " the centres of the two points in..." now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, whereon the " words and figures ' STANDARD YARD, 1760/ arc engraved, shall be the " original... | |
 | Commerce - 1841 - 604 pages
...January, 1826,) the straight line or the distance between " the centres of the two points in the gola 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, 1760,' are engraved, shall be the ' original... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1845 - 1018 pages
...After lit May, night line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold ySdefim-d"" ads in the straight brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the the measure of louse of Commons, whereon the words and figures 'standard yard, I™*"1 »htt,11... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 436 pages
...enacted . . . that from and after the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres...Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures ' Standard Yard 1760 ' are engraved, shall be and the same is... | |
 | James W. Kavanagh - 1846 - 304 pages
...that, " the straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs fixed in the straight brass rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures Standard Yard, 1760, are engraved," Shall be the standard unit... | |
| |
