 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 348 σελίδες
...as the imperial standard yard of Great Britain. It is determined as follows : The rod of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of...or 1 standard yard. Hence, such a pendulum rod is 39^93 inches long, and the standard yard is §§¥$$$ °f *h* length of the pendulum rod. 203. The... | |
 | 1859 - 416 σελίδες
...restored by taking the length which should bear a certain proportion to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea. They remarked that several of the elements of reduction of pendulum experiments had been found to be... | |
 | English cookery book - 1859 - 578 σελίδες
...which is to be that proportion which the yard bears to the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea; which is found to be as thirty-six inches (the yard) to 39'1393 (the pendulum) ; thus a sure means... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 344 σελίδες
...100 links, each of them 7 '92 inches. The yard is the imperial standard measure of length. A pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the sea-level, and at 62° Fahrenheit, is equal to 39-1393 inches ; and a yard is to the length of the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1860 - 444 σελίδες
...as the Imperial standard yard of Great Britain. It is determined as follows : The rod of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of...391393 equal parts, and 360000 of these parts are 3(5 inches, or 1 standard yard. Hence, such a pendulum rod is 39.1393 inches long, and the standard... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1860 - 540 σελίδες
...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 36 to 39 inches, and 1393 ten thousandths part of an inch : Be it therefore enacted... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1860 - 152 σελίδες
...100 links, each of them 7.92 inches. The yard is the imperial standard measure of length. A pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the sea.level, and at 62' Fahrenheit, is equal to 39•1303 inches : and a yard is to the length of the... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - 1861 - 780 σελίδες
...injured, it should be restored by making a new standard yard, bearing the same proportion to a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, as 36 inches bears to 39.1303 inches, the latter bcing the length of the... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1863 - 482 σελίδες
...Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth. * 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 36 inches to 39-1393. Since the passing of this act, however, some very elaborate... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1863 - 162 σελίδες
...section provides that the yard, if lost, &c., may be restored by reference to the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, in the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches and -fflth part of an inch. 4. — Standard brass weight... | |
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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... 
