 | Francis Henney Smith - 1845 - 710 Seiten
...or solid, shall be derived and computed ; and that 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 incites to 3SU383 indies. 311 T 4 Barley corns.... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1880 - 436 Seiten
...Measures, that the said Yard hereby declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard, wheu compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacunm at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and... | |
 | William Nathaniel Griffin - 1847 - 130 Seiten
...IV. defines the yard to contain 36 such parts, of which parts there are 30.1393 in the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in vacuo at the level of the sea at temperature 62 F. The commissioners, however, appointed to consider... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1880 - 428 Seiten
...Measures, that the said Yard hereby declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard, wheu 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 Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1849 - 142 Seiten
...of 62° Fahrenheit's thermometer. The standard yard, when compared with the length of the rod of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is found to be in the ratio of 36 inches to 39' 1393. Hence, if the standard... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1849 - 162 Seiten
...or solid, shall be derived and computed." The measure if lost may be restored by comparison with 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' 1393. This measure is for length without... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1850 - 144 Seiten
...of 62° Fahrenheit's thermometer. The standard yard, when compared with the length of the rod of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is found to be in the ratio of 36 inches to 39*1393. Hence, if the standard... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 Seiten
...measure of length shall bе the imperial standard yard of 36 inches, when compared with the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, being in the proportion of 36 to 39-1393 inches. The standard yard, formerly... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 Seiten
...English standard unit of Long Measure is the yard, which is equivalent to |f fi§s of *he length of a "pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea."b The United States standard, the original, of which the state standards are... | |
 | James Gray - 1854 - 120 Seiten
...lineal measures are taken; it contains 36 inches, each inch Ыми.ц the „ 9. ,' ¡75 part of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, Fah. thermometer being at 62° and the barometer at 30 inches. Jtofaf Ib с).... | |
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