 That the unit of linear measure, applied to matter, in its three modes of extension, length, breadth, and thickness, should be the standard of all measures of length, surface, and solidity. 4. That the cubic contents of the linear measure, in distilled...  Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston - Seite 48von Boston (Mass.). School Committee, School Committee of the City of Boston - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Western Gas Association - 1900 - 566 Seiten
...Second. — That this standard should be an aliquot part of the circumference of the globe, Third. — That the unit of linear measure, applied to matter in its three modes of extension, length, breadth and thickness, should be the standard of all measures of length,... | |
 | 1914 - 746 Seiten
...failure deserve little less admiration than In its success; it is founded upon the following principles, that the unit of linear measure applied to matter in Its three modes of extension — length, breadth, and thickness — should be the standard of nil measures of... | |
 | John Harvey Sherman - 1928 - 252 Seiten
...failure deserve little less admiration than in its success; it is founded upon the following principles, that the unit of linear measure applied to matter in its three modes of extension -- length, breadth, and thickness - should be the standard of all measures of length,... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1865 - 834 Seiten
...has any chance of becoming universal." Two important principles form the basis of the metric system. 1. That the unit of linear measure, applied to matter,...of all measures of length, surface, and solidity. 2. That the cubic contents of the linear measure, in distilled water, at a temperature of great contraction,... | |
 | 1877 - 662 Seiten
...Greek word signifying measure. Two important principles form the basis of the metric system : ist, that the unit of linear measure applied to matter...standard of all measures of length, surface and solidity ; 2d, that the cubic contents of the linear measure in distilled water, at a temperature of great contraction,... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1895 - 1166 Seiten
...principles were laid down as a basis for their measurements of length, weight, and capacity : viz. (1) that the unit of linear measure applied to matter...breadth, and thickness, should be the standard of measures of length, surface, and solidity; (2) that the cubic contents of the linear measure in decimetres... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 502 Seiten
...linear measure. 2. That this standard should be an aliquot part of the circumference of the globe. 3. That the unit of linear measure, applied to matter, in its three modes of extension, length, breadth, and thickness, should be the standard of all measures of length,... | |
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