 | Perry and co, ltd - 1874 - 502 pages
...that " The straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the brass rod now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be the original and genuine standard of a yard ; and the same straight line, the brass being... | |
 | British Guiana - Guyana law - 1873 - 660 pages
...Measures/' it was enacted, amongst other t'aiugs, that the straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod then in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figure* " standard... | |
 | Charles Piazzi Smyth - Pyramids - 1874 - 618 pages
...of the act (June 1824) sufficiently testify. " 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 of 1760 are engraved, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 pages
...that " The straight line or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the brass rod, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be the original and genuine standard of a yard ; and the same straight line, the brass being... | |
 | Robert Potts - Arithmetic - 1876 - 389 pages
...circumference of the base of the cone. The Act also provides that the straight line between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod made by Mr. Bird, whereon the words and figures " standard yard, 1760," are engraved, shall be the... | |
 | Robert Potts - Arithmetic - 1876 - 392 pages
...circumference of the base of the cone. The Act also provides that the straight line between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod made by Mr. Bird, whereon the words and figures " standard yard, 1760," are engraved, shall be the... | |
 | Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical - 1877 - 764 pages
...extended to the first of January, 1826,] the straight line, or the 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 Ilouse of Commons, whereon the words and figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, shall be... | |
 | R. E - 1877 - 164 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,... | |
 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Mechanical engineering - 1881 - 672 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...Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, shall be, and the Fame is herehy declared to be, the original and genuine standard of that measure of length or linenl... | |
 | Charles Piazzi Smyth - Great Pyramid (Egypt) - 1880 - 752 pages
...Act (June, 1824) sufficiently testify : — " 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 of 1760 are engraved, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard... | |
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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 
