| Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...was fixed, by Act of Parliament passed 1835, to be " the straight line or distance between the cent» of the two points in the gold studs in the straight...the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words 'Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved." The Act further states that in the latitude of London the pendulum... | |
| 1825 - 458 pages
...first day of May, 1825, 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,... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...straightline 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 " standardyard,\l<X>," are engraved, shall be denominated and is tobethegenuine Imperial Standard yard,... | |
| Great Britain - Law - 1824 - 826 pages
...Brass Weight of One Pound Troy Weight, made in the Year One thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, 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,... | |
| Industrial arts - 1825 - 486 pages
...first section of the Act enacts, that " from and after the 1st day of May, 1825, the straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in...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... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1825 - 472 pages
...first section of tlie Act enacts, that " from and after the '1st day of May, 1825, the straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in...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... | |
| William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - Industrial arts - 1825 - 442 pages
...1st of January, 1826, the standard brass weight of one pound of 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,... | |
| Industrial arts - 1825 - 490 pages
...brass weight of one pound troy weight, made in the year one thousand •even hundred and fifty-eight, 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,... | |
| Technology - 1826 - 478 pages
...inch, it will remain only for me to point out the method for ascertaining whether the standard pound, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, be correct. We must, now, for this purpose, have recourse to the record in the fifth clause of the... | |
| Charles Barton, Samuel Francis Thomas Wilde - Conveyancing - 1826 - 658 pages
...measure, if lost. § 4. 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 declared to be the original and genuine standard measure of weight, and such brass weight... | |
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