 | James W. Kavanagh - 1846 - 304 pages
...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 of measure.... | |
 | William Martin - 1847 - 252 pages
..." that 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 ' Standard yard, 1760,' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 428 pages
...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 ' Standard Yard 1760 ' are engraved, shall be and the same is hereby... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1853 - 648 pages
...straight line, or distance, between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the brass rods, 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 hereby... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1853 - 648 pages
...the clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures, Standard Yard, 1760, are engraved, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal extension called a yard ; and that the straight line or distance,... | |
 | James Gray - Arithmetic - 1854 - 120 pages
...also a term that is sometimes applied to gold, to denote its fineness. The brass Troy pound, made in 1758, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, is the standard unit, from which all weights are taken ; it contains 5760 grains, each grain being... | |
 | Robert Slater - 1855 - 156 pages
...views, it was enacted, " That " after the 1st day of May, 1825, the standard brass weight of one " pound Troy weight made in the year 1758, now in the custody..." the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be, and is hereby " declared to be the original and genuine standard of weight, and " that such brass weight... | |
 | Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse - Calendar - 1856 - 232 pages
...to be 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 Tard, 1760," the brass being at the temperature of 62° by Fahrenheit-s... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - Science - 1856 - 556 pages
...line, or distance between the ecntres 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, ' Standard yard 1760' arc engraved, shall be, and the same is hereby... | |
 | American Pharmaceutical Association. Annual Meeting - Pharmaceutical industry - 1859 - 444 pages
...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 1 760," the brass being at the temperature of 02 degrees by 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 
