 The straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited in the Office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard of length ifc 00 at 62° F., and if lost it shall be replaced by means...  An Intermediate Course of Mechanics - Σελίδα 5των Alfred William Porter - 1905 - 422 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Clerk Maxwell - 1871 - 344 σελίδες
...' ' that the straight line -or 1 18 & 19 Viet. c. 72, July 30, 1855. , Units of Length. 77 distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard at 62° R, and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its copies.'... | |
 | Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1873 - 444 σελίδες
...therefore, as much an arbitrary standard of length as our own yard, which, as enacted by Parliament, is the distance, measured at 62° F., between the centres of the transverse lines in two gold plugs in a bronze bar deposited in the Exchequer Office. The value of the French metrical... | |
 | Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1874 - 412 σελίδες
...therefore, as much an arbitrary standard of length as our own yard, which, as enacted by Parliament, is the distance, measured at 62° F., between the centres of the transverse lines in two gold plugs in a bronze bar deposited in the Exchequer Office. The value of the French metrical... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell - 1876 - 140 σελίδες
...Parliament 18 and 19 Viet. c. 72, July 80, 1855, which enacts " that the straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard at 62° Fahrenheit, and if lost, it shall be replaced by means of... | |
 | 1881 - 726 σελίδες
...relating to the yard standard was passed in 1J55, when it was enacted " that the straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard, at 62° F. ; and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its copies."... | |
 | Joshua Joseph J. Doherty - 1881 - 240 σελίδες
...one-third of the standard yard. The standard yard is defined by Act of Parliament to be the distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited in the Exchequer, the temperature being 62° Fah. The French standard of length is the metre. It is nearly... | |
 | 1882 - 510 σελίδες
...relating to the yard standard was passed in 1955, when it was enacted " that the straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the...bronze bar deposited in the office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard, at 62" F. ; and if lost it shall be replaced by moans of its copies."... | |
 | Arthur S. C. Wurtele - 1882 - 36 σελίδες
...Parliament, and the English standard of length defined as follows : " That the straight line on distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs on the bronze bar deposited in the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard yard at the temperature... | |
 | Joseph M'Gregor- Robertson - 1884 - 556 σελίδες
...(one yard = 3 feet = 36 inches). It is an arbitrary measure enacted by Parliament, and is the distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited at the office of the Exchequer. The French standard of length is the metre. It is intended to be about... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1887 - 894 σελίδες
...sterling. By Act of Parliament, 30th July, 1855, it was enacted, " That the " straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse " lines in the...bronze bar deposited in the " office of the Exchequer, shall be the genuine standard yard at " 62° F., and if lost shall be replaced by means of its copies."... | |
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