 | Sir Charles William Pasley - Foreign exchange rates - 1834 - 220 pages
...by the Legislature in 1824 and 1825. First. It was declared that the distance between the centers of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod, made by Bird, by order of a Committee of a former House of Commons, and marked " Standard Yard, 1760,"... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 938 pages
...whereof make a yard. The standard yard is determined to be, " that distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, wherein the words and figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine... | |
 | John O'Donoghue - Justices of the peace - 1835 - 270 pages
...standard pound shall be, 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, Of which the ounce shall be ... T ' a Pennyweight • • • jfe Grain • • • • !nW Pound avoirdupois... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...according to which all others were to be made. See 16 Car. 1. c. 19 (repealed). The , standard measure is ds, when improved and drained, are by the 17 Geo. 2. c. See Measure. MER or MERE. Words which begin or end with those syllables, signify fenny places. Cornell.... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - Constitutional history - 1835 - 810 pages
...forty such square yards. The standard brass weight of one pound Troy weigh'! made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons, is define! to be the standard measure of weight. The standard measure of capacity, both for liquM and... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Vendors and purchasers - 1836 - 736 pages
...Weights and Measures." After providing that(a) the straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...and figures, " standard yard, 1760," are engraved, 8 Mod. 276. See Floyd v. Bethill, 1 Roll. Rep. 420, pi. 8 ; and see Treswallen v. Penhules, 2 Rolle's... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...foot, 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...commons, whereon the words and figures ' Standard yard, 1700' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine standard of the measure of length called a... | |
 | Great Britain - Law - 1836 - 592 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...Commons, whereon the words and figures " Standard Yard, 17GO," are engraved, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the original and genuine standard... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1840 - 640 pages
...extension — 5th Geo. IV, c. 74, sec. 1: " Distance between the centres of the two points in the fo\d studs in the straight brass rod now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, where the words and figures ' standard yard 1760' are engraved, and 62 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer,... | |
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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 
