 | 1825 - 458 sider
...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 three hundred and... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 sider
...The invariable natural standard to which reference is to be had for this purpose is directed to be a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, the length of which, when compared with that of the standard yard, was ascertained by the commissioners... | |
 | 1825 - 490 sider
...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 three hundred and... | |
 | Luke Herbert - 1825 - 396 sider
...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 36 inches (the yard) to 39.1393 (the pendulum) ; thus a sure means is established... | |
 | 1826 - 460 sider
...arrived in operation. The act declares the British imperial yard to bear a certain proportion to the " pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea." It neces-' ; sarily assumes, consequently, 1st. That the length in nature SO referred to, is of an... | |
 | Esq. James Watson - 1828 - 602 sider
...sures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the im" perial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum '- vibrating seconds of mean time in the...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 thou• sand three hundred... | |
 | Samuel Frederick Gray - 1828 - 1118 sider
...length of the imperial standard yard of the fifth year of George, the Fourth, is to the length of the pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, on the level of the sea, as 36 is to 39, u*Vio,ooothi. The yard is divided into thirty-six inches.... | |
 | Robert Brunton - 1830 - 260 sider
...when the data used has been taken from them. STANDARD YARD. The 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 as 36 to 39 inches, and 13P3 tenthousandth parts of an inch. The rood ofland shall... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 630 sider
...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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 sider
...whirl) 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 die sea ; which is found to be as thirty-six inches (the yard ) to 39.1393 (the pendulum) ; thus a... | |
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Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea... 
