Observations on the Expediency and Practicability of Simplifying and Improving the Measures, Weights, and Money Used in this Country, Without Materially Altering the Present StandardsEgerton's Military Library, 1834 - 176 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα v
... foot proposed by Professor John Playfair of Edinburgh , and the use of the cubic foot as a measure of capacity proposed by the Rev. Dr. Keith , Minister of Keith Hall and of Kinkell Aberdeenshire , in one of his many projects of ...
... foot proposed by Professor John Playfair of Edinburgh , and the use of the cubic foot as a measure of capacity proposed by the Rev. Dr. Keith , Minister of Keith Hall and of Kinkell Aberdeenshire , in one of his many projects of ...
Σελίδα vii
... Measures and Weights , that I was led into this investigation also : and as I ... measure , bearing as I propose a fixed proportion to the mean length of the ... foot in the like pro- portion . The mean length of the said minute has been ...
... Measures and Weights , that I was led into this investigation also : and as I ... measure , bearing as I propose a fixed proportion to the mean length of the ... foot in the like pro- portion . The mean length of the said minute has been ...
Σελίδα viii
... Measures was once more about to be submitted to a Select Committee of the House ... foot of distilled water may possess the advantage of weighing an integral ... measure be adopted , it would be proper to refer the matter to a Committee ...
... Measures was once more about to be submitted to a Select Committee of the House ... foot of distilled water may possess the advantage of weighing an integral ... measure be adopted , it would be proper to refer the matter to a Committee ...
Σελίδα ix
... measures . In one of these he proposed that 10 cubic feet should be the quarter of corn , to be divided into five firlots , and that the cubic foot should be used as a measure , to be called the half firlot , or cube , in addition to ...
... measures . In one of these he proposed that 10 cubic feet should be the quarter of corn , to be divided into five firlots , and that the cubic foot should be used as a measure , to be called the half firlot , or cube , in addition to ...
Σελίδα xiii
... measure and estimate the details of his work by the FOOT , INCH and LINE , was directed to use the DECIMETRE , CEN- TIMETRE and MILLIMETRE , the first less than four French inches , the second less than half an inch , and the third so ...
... measure and estimate the details of his work by the FOOT , INCH and LINE , was directed to use the DECIMETRE , CEN- TIMETRE and MILLIMETRE , the first less than four French inches , the second less than half an inch , and the third so ...
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acres adopted afterwards Apothecary's applied Article Avoirdupois weight barrel basket beer bushel calculation Carat casks cent chaldron cloth measure coals coinage Committee corn cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches cubic yard decimal system denominations digits dram duodecimal England estimated example farthings fathoms firlot fluid ounces fluid scruples foot measure former fractions France French gold grain half heaped measure Hence hogshead hundred weight Hundredweight imperial gallon land measure lime lineal measure London Market measures and weights measures of capacity mile multiples ounces pint pound sterling pound weight pounds avoirdupois proportion proposed quantity quart quarter Royal Society sack scale Scotland shillings sieve Sir George Shuckburgh sold square standard of lineal standard yard STATUTE ENGLISH subdivided superficial measure sure system of measures system of weights tenths term thermometer tion toise Troy pound Troy weight weights and measures wheat whilst wine gallon yard rod
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Σελίδα 170 - Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures, that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252 grains, and 456 thousandth parts of a grain...
Σελίδα 170 - Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea...
Σελίδα xi - There shall be one measure of wine and one of ale, through our whole realm ; and one measure of corn, that is to say, the London quarter ; and one breadth of dyed cloth, and russets, and haberjeets, that is to say, two ells within the lists ; and it shall be of weights, as it is of measures.
Σελίδα i - May 1834 he completed a volume of 320 pages, on the expediency and practicability of simplifying and improving the measures, weights, and money used in this country, without materially altering the present standards.
Σελίδα 43 - Measure. 2 pints 1 quart 2 quarts 1 pottle 2 pottles 1 gallon 2 gallons 1 peck 4 pecks 1 bushel 2 bushels 1 strike...
Σελίδα 164 - A committee having been appointed to inquire into the original standards of weights and measures in the kingdom of England, to consider the laws relating thereto, and to report their observations thereupon, together with their opinion of the most effectual means for ascertaining and enforcing uniform and certain standards of weights and measures...
Σελίδα 30 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Σελίδα 169 - 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
Σελίδα 104 - Grains 1 Dram. 16 Drams 1 Ounce. 16 Ounces 1 Pound. 28 Pounds 1 Quarter. 4 Quarters or 100 pounds 1 Hundred Weight 20 Hundredweight 1 Ton.
Σελίδα 130 - APOTHECARIES' FLUID MEASURE 60 minims = 1 fluid dram 8 fluid drams = 1 fluid ounce 16 fluid ounces = 1 liquid pint 8 liquid pints = 1 gallon (British measures differ from above) APOTHECARIES...