 | 1840 - 644 pages
...capacity. As to the measure of extension — 5th Geo. IV, c. 74, sec. 1: " Distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod now in the custody of the nlerk of the House of Commons, where the words and figures ' standard yard 1760' are engraved, and... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 pages
...perches, poles, or rods. By s.'4, the standard brass weight, of one pound troy weight, made in 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, shall be the original and genuine standard measure of weights, and such brass weight shall be denominated... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 490 pages
...and thirty-six whereof make a yard. The standard yard is •• that distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...words and figures ' Standard yard, 1760' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine standard of the measure of length called a yard ; and, as the expansibility... | |
 | 1841 - 604 pages
...January, 1826,) the straight line or the distance between " the centres of the two points in the gola studs in the straight brass rod, ' now in the custody...figures ' STANDARD YARD, 1760,' are engraved, shall be the ' original and genuine standard of that measure of length or lineal exten'sion called a yard ;... | |
 | 1841 - 598 pages
...1st 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 DENOMINATIONS. Square Inche», Square Feet. Square Yards. §4 1* £* N t... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1845 - 1018 pages
...After lit May, night line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold ySdefim-d"" ads in the straight brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the the measure of louse of Commons, whereon the words and figures 'standard yard, I™*"1 »htt,11... | |
 | James W. Kavanagh - 1846 - 304 pages
...that, " the straight line 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...figures Standard Yard, 1760, are engraved," Shall be the standard unit of measure. Also a provision was made for the recovery of this standard should it... | |
 | William Martin - 1847 - 252 pages
...or Standard of Weights and Measures. 5. The STANDARD YARD is " that distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...and figures ' Standard yard, 1760,' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine standard of the measure of length called a yard ; and, as the expansibility... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1880 - 428 pages
...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...that Measure of Length or lineal Extension called a YHrd ; and that the same Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the said Two Points in the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1849 - 162 pages
...The standard of this measure is declared to be " 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 Com' mons, whereon the words and figures, ' STANDARD YARD, 1760,' are engraved. This distance, when... | |
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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 
