 | 1815 - 1008 pages
...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 pages
...measures, that the said yard, hereby declared to be the Imperial standard 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, is in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches and one thousand... | |
 | John Davidson, Robert Scott (writing master) - 1818 - 190 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1825 - 490 pages
...and Measures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the imperial standard 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, is in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches, and one thousand... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 pages
...it has been ascertained by the Commissioners appointed, &c. that the 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... | |
 | 1825 - 486 pages
...it has been ascertained by the Commissioners appointed, &c. that the 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Esq. James Watson - 1828 - 602 pages
...mea" sures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the im" perial standard 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, is in the proportion " of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches, and one... | |
 | Samuel Frederick Gray - 1828 - 1118 pages
...length of the imperial standard yard of the fifth year of George, the Fourth, is to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, on the level of the sea, as 36 is to 39, u*Vio,ooothi. The yard is divided into thirty-six inches.... | |
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Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea... 
