 | 1859 - 416 頁
...of the two points in the gold studs, inserted in the brass rod known as Bird's Standard of 1760, was declared to be "the original and genuine standard...of length or lineal extension called a Yard ;" and the distance between the said points when the temperature of the brass rod stood at 62° of Fahrenheit,... | |
 | Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. - 1860 - 754 頁
...extended to the first of January, 1826,] the straight line, or the distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, shall be the original and genuine standard of length or lineal extension called a yard ; and the same straight... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1860 - 540 頁
...straight line, or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight braes rod, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Common*, whereon the words and figures, ' Standard yard 1760' are engraved, shall be, and the same... | |
 | 1862 - 406 頁
...passed, as follows : " The standard brass weight of one pound, Troy weight, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard measure of weight."... | |
 | Charles Hutton Dowling - 1864 - 222 頁
...Yard/ " 2. Standard of Weight. — "The standard brass weight of one pound troy, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, to be denominated the 'Imperial Standard Troy Pound/" All other weights and measures were to be derived... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 頁
...statute it is provided, " That the standard brass weight of one pound Troy weight made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, * shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard of weight ; that... | |
 | Thomas Percy Hudson - 1866 - 268 頁
...fixed, by Act of Parliament passed 1835, to 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, 1 760,- are engraved." The Act further states that in the latitude of London the pendulum... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1866 - 530 頁
...' "2. Standard of weight. — 'The standard brass weight of one pound troy, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, to be denominated the " Imperial Standard Troy Pound." ' " All other weights and measures were to be... | |
 | World - 1868 - 528 頁
...that " The straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be the original and genuine standard of a yard ; and the same straight line, the brass being... | |
 | Charles Hutton Dowling - 1872 - 262 頁
...to have been — 1. Standard of Length. — " 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 1760/ are engraved, the brass being at the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit, to be denominated the '... | |
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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 
