The merchants' handbookE. Stanford, 1879 - 342 sider |
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Side 330 - His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias...
Side 120 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Side 139 - 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 three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth Parts of an Inch...
Side 141 - Sq. Yards = 1 Perch or Rod 40 Perches = 1 Rood 4 Roods = 1 Acre 640 Acres = 1 Sq. Mile 3. MEASURES OF SOLIDITY AND CAPACITY. DIVISION I — SOLIDITY.
Side 143 - 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...
Side 308 - Drugs, when sold by retail, may be sold by .apothecaries weight. Every person who acts in contravention of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds. 21. A contract or dealing shall not be invalid or open to objection on the ground that the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system, or on the ground that decimal subdivisions of imperial weights and measures, whether metric or otherwise, are used in such contract or dealing.
Side 13 - One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, all persons shall be entitled to demand from the Issue Department of the Bank of England Bank of England notes in exchange for gold bullion, at the rate of Three pounds seventeen shillings and ninepence per ounce of standard gold...
Side 331 - Fortamps and MA Kreglinger. For ITALY : M. Isaac Artom and M. Valentin Pratolongo. For SWITZERLAND: M. Kern, minister plenipotentiary, &c., and M. Feer Herzog, member of Swiss national council. These commissioners, having interchanged their respective credentials, agreed upon the following articles : ARTICLE 1. Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland unite to regulate the weight, title, form, and circulation of their gold and silver coins. No change is made for the present in legislation relative...
Side 143 - ... the unit or only standard measure of weight, from which all other weights shall be derived...
Side 142 - Gallon., containing Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at...