 | 1826 - 460 pages
...arrived in operation. The act declares the British imperial yard to bear a certain proportion to the " pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea." It neces-' ; sarily assumes, consequently, 1st. That the length in nature SO referred to, is of an... | |
 | Esq. James Watson - Law - 1828 - 602 pages
...into the subject of weights and mea" sures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the im" perial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum '- vibrating...at the level of the sea, is in the proportion " of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches, and one thou• sand three hundred and ninety-three ten thousandth... | |
 | Robert Brunton - Mechanical engineering - 1828 - 222 pages
...found more convenient, particularly when the data used bas been taken from them. STANDARD YARD. The Standard Yard when compared with a Pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude °f London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is "i the proportion as 36 to 39 inches, and 1393... | |
 | Samuel Frederick Gray - Chemistry, Technical - 1828 - 1118 pages
...length of the imperial standard yard of the fifth year of George, the Fourth, is to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, on the level of the sea, as 36 is to 39, u*Vio,ooothi. The yard is divided into thirty-six inches.... | |
 | Robert Brunton - Machinery, Kinematics of - 1830 - 260 pages
...found more convenient, particularly when the data used has been taken from them. STANDARD YARD. 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 13P3 tenthousandth parts of an inch. The rood ofland shall contain 1210 square... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 pages
...whirl) is to be that proportion which the yard bears to the length of a pendulum, vibrating seconds of time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of die sea ; which is found to be as thirty-six inches (the yard ) to 39.1393 (the pendulum) ; thus a... | |
 | John Bennett (Engineer) - 1833 - 488 pages
...commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that the said standard yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating...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... | |
 | Sir Charles William Pasley - Foreign exchange rates - 1834 - 220 pages
...that the imperial standard yard rod of lineal measure, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, was in the proportion of 86 inches to 39 inches and 1393 ten-thousandth parts of an inch ; and farther... | |
 | John O'Donoghue - Justices of the peace - 1835 - 270 pages
.... 4840 Yard, if lost, to be restored by the following proportion, 36 : 39,1393, being the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea. The standard pound shall be, the standard brass weight of one pound troy weight, made in the year 1758,... | |
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Yard, when compared with a 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... 
