 | 1815 - 1008 Seiten
...latter, the present parliamentary yard is to be retained, which is to be corrected by the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London. The standard •weight is to be the Ib. avoirdupois, •which is to be adjusted by measures of pure... | |
 | 1825 - 458 Seiten
...be restored of the same length by reference to some invariable natural standard ; and whereas it hai been ascertained by the Commissioners appointed by...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... | |
 | John Davidson, Robert Scott (writing master) - 1818 - 190 Seiten
...l.Grecianfoot=12.085 do. 1 French toi6e= 76.7344 do. 25 English yards are. very nearly equal to 23 tunas the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of .London ; hence if a pendulum which vibrates seconds were divided into 100 equal parts, the standard yard would... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 442 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1825 - 486 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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Yard when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea... 
