 | 1825 - 458 pages
...Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that the said yard, hereby declared to be the Imperial standard...inches and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten thousandth parts of an inch; be it therefore enacted and declared, that if at any time hereafter... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...The invariable natural standard to which reference is to be had for this purpose is directed to be a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the...latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, the length of which, when compared with that of the standard yard, was ascertained by the commissioners... | |
 | Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...when compa" with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the ^ 340 AD 182*. C.74. 3+1 • tude 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... | |
 | 1825 - 490 pages
...Commissioners appointed by His Majesty to inquire into the subject of Weights and Measures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the imperial standard yard,...inches, and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth parts of an inch ; be it therefore enacted and declared, That if at any time hereafter... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 442 pages
...standard yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of Londonf in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches, and 1393 ten* thousandth parts of an inch; be it further enacted and declared, that if at any time hereafter... | |
 | Luke Herbert - 1825 - 396 pages
...which 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 the sea ; which is found to be as 36 inches (the yard) to 39.1393 (the pendulum) ; thus a sure means is established... | |
 | 1825 - 486 pages
...said yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, and a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches, and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth parts of an... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 pages
...said yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, and a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches, and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth parts of an... | |
 | 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 - 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...of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches, and one thou• sand three hundred and ninety-three ten thousandth parts " of an inch:" Be it therefore enacted... | |
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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 Parts of an Inch... 
