 | R. E - 1877 - 164 pages
...Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures that the said yard, hereby declared to be the imperial standard yard when compared with a pendulum...latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, ia in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches and one thousand three hundred and... | |
 | Henry William Chisholm - Weights and measures - 1877 - 218 pages
...of the standard yard. • With respect to the standard unit of length, § 3 of the Act recited that the imperial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum...latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, had also been determined to be in the proportion of 36 inches to 39- 1393 inches, and it was provided... | |
 | Peter Squire - 1877 - 506 pages
...Inch = aTp.;j^s of a pendulum vibrating seconds. 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 the level of the sea. j It is remarkable that the English and French standards, taken from such different sources, should... | |
 | Edward John Routh - Dynamics - 1877 - 688 pages
...invariable natural standard, it was enacted, that the new standard yard should be of such length that the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum at the level of the sea, should be 39'1393 inches. On Oct. 16, 1834, occurred the fire at the Houses of Parliament, in which... | |
 | Henry Beasley - Drugs - 1878 - 536 pages
...line = -^ inch. 1 inch = -sg.^vs seconds pendulum. 12 „ =1 foot. 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of ~\ mean time in the latitude of London, in > 39'1393 inches, a vacunm at the level of the sea . . ) * The Dublin College of Physicians adopted... | |
 | George Crispe Whiteley - Weights and measures - 1879 - 264 pages
...the Act passed in 1824 (5 Geo. IV. c. 74) this yard was described (sect. 3) to be the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum at the level of the sea, in the proportion of 36 to 39 -1393. This declaration was made for the purpose of replacing the standard... | |
 | William Alfred Browne - Foreign exchange rates - 1879 - 364 pages
...need in scientific research. IMPERIAL MEASURES OF LENGTH. The yard ia the standard measure of length ; when compared with a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacunm at the level of the sea, it is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39-1393 inches. The metric... | |
 | John Attfield - Chemistry - 1879 - 734 pages
...MEASURER OF CAPACITY. 1 inch = 39 139J 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 inches... | |
 | John Attfield - Chemistry - 1879 - 718 pages
...line = .?. inch. 1 inch = - seconds-pendulum. 89.189* 12 " =1 foot. 36 " = 3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum the level of the sea. (1 cubic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inches Barom. = 252.458 grains.)... | |
 | William Handsel Griffiths - Materia medica - 1879 - 342 pages
...Line = -^ inch 1 Inch = sji'aa seconds pendulum 12 Inches = 1 foot 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of] mean time in the latitude of London, in }• 39-1393 inches a vacuum at the level of the sea Is of) i,in V39-] RELATION OF MEASURES TO WEIGHTS.... | |
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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... 
