 | 1880 - 436 pages
...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...the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures ' Standnrd Yard 1760' are engraved, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the original and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...the Centres of the ^wo P°mfcs in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in Length shall be the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the the Unit of the Words and Figures " Standard Yard, 1760," are engraved, shall be and the same is hereby... | |
 | Engineering - 1882 - 536 pages
...one thousand ! eight hundred end twenty-five, the straight line or distance between the centers of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod, DOW in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures "Standard Yard,... | |
 | Edward John Routh - Dynamics, Rigid - 1882 - 408 pages
...length. By an Act of Parliament passed in 1824, it was declared that the distance 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, whereon the words and figures " standard... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 968 pages
...that the length of the yard should be — '• the straight line or distance between the centre of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved." This rod was subsequently destroyed in the fire, but a very... | |
 | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - Agriculture - 1884 - 498 pages
...shall be the ' unit of measures of extension.' " The straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures ' Standard yard,... | |
 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Society of Arts - 1885 - 752 pages
...May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the straight Line or distance between the Centers of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the straight Brass...shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the extension called a Yard ; and that the same straight Line or Distance between the Centers of the said... | |
 | 1886 - 750 pages
...May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the straight Line or distance between the Centers of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the straight Brass...shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the extension called a Yard ; and that the same straight Line or Distance between the Centers of the said... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1887 - 506 pages
...(1824), it is declared "the standard yard is the distance between the centres of the two points on the gold studs in the straight brass rod now in the...custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon is engraved ' Standard yard, 17CO,' the brass being at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1887 - 492 pages
...declared "the standard yard is the distance between' the centres of the two points on the gold studsin the straight brass rod now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon is engraved 'Standard yard, 1760,' the brass being at the temperature of 02 degrees of Fahrenheit's... | |
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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 
