| Henry Beasley - 1878 - 536 Seiten
...line = -^ inch. 1 inch = -sg.^vs seconds pendulum. 12 „ =1 foot. 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of ~\ mean time in the latitude of London, in > 39'1393 inches, a vacunm at the level of the sea . . ) * The Dublin College of Physicians adopted... | |
| George Crispe Whiteley - 1879 - 264 Seiten
...By the Act passed in 1824 (5 Geo. IV. c. 74) this yard was described (sect. 3) to be the length of the 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 to 39 -1393. This declaration was made for the purpose... | |
| John Attfield - 1879 - 718 Seiten
...line = .?. inch. 1 inch = - seconds-pendulum. 89.189* 12 " =1 foot. 36 " = 3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum the level of the sea. (1 cubic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inches Barom. = 252.458 grains.)... | |
| William Alfred Browne - 1879 - 364 Seiten
...research. IMPERIAL MEASURES OF LENGTH. The yard ia the standard measure of length ; when compared with a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacunm at the level of the sea, it is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39-1393 inches. The metric... | |
| William Handsel Griffiths - 1879 - 342 Seiten
...Line = -^ inch 1 Inch = sji'aa seconds pendulum 12 Inches = 1 foot 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of] mean time in the latitude of London, in }• 39-1393 inches a vacuum at the level of the sea Is of) i,in V39-] RELATION OF MEASURES TO WEIGHTS.... | |
| 1880 - 436 Seiten
...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 is in the proponion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand... | |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 1881 - 672 Seiten
...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, is in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches, and one thousand... | |
| John Muter - 1880 - 666 Seiten
...inch. Measures of Length. seconds-pendulum. • , '393 301303 „ = i foot. ,, =3 feet= i yard. th of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the ) latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea. j Tjic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inch Barom. - 252-458 graii... | |
| Robert Edmund Scoresby- Jackson - 1880 - 622 Seiten
...jV inch. 1 Inch, = wiVffa seconds pendulum. 12 Inches, = 1 foot. 36 „ =3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds -\ of mean time in the latitude of ( . . London, in a vacuum at the level ( 39'139" mcnesof the sea, . . . . . ) Relation of Measures to Weights of British Pharmacopoeia.... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1881 - 648 Seiten
...yard shall be restored by taking the length which shall 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; and that the pound shall be restored by taking the weight which bears a certain... | |
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