 | 1873 - 630 sider
...line = ~ inch. 1 inch = 39 1393 seconds-pendulum. 12 " = 1 foot. 36 " == 3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean ] time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum at V 39.1393 inches. the level of the sea j (1 cubic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inch Barom.... | |
 | 1873 - 416 sider
...= Jj inch. 1 inch = 55.TF57 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. vacuum at the level of the sea, . . . j Relations of Measures to Weights. 1 Minim... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 sider
...fixed, is that a yard shall be " thirty-six parts " (that is, inches), "of which there are 39'1373 in the length of a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time• in the latitude of London, in vacuofi at a temperature of 62° Fahrenheit." Compared with the French system of tenths, based on the... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 sider
...making, under the directions of the Lords of the Treasury, a new standard yard, bearing the proportion to a pendulum, vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, in a vacuum, and at the level of the sea, as 36 inches to 39' '393 inches." The labour of reconstruction in accordance... | |
 | Alfred Meadows - 1874 - 296 sider
...1 line =. A mcn1 inch = ,,i^,t seconds pendulum. 12 „ =1 foot. 88 „ = 3 „ = Ijard. 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 . .) RELATION OP MEASUBEB TO WEIGHT. 1 minim in the... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 sider
...invariable standard of length. These experiments were conducted by George Graham, who determined tl.e length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time, in the latitude of London, at the temperature of 62° F., in a vacuum, at the level of the sea, to be In the then known units... | |
 | De Volson Wood - 1876 - 500 sider
...defines the yard to contain thirty-six such parts, of which parts there are 39.1393 in the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in vacno, at the level of the sea, at temperature 62° F. The Commissioners, however, appointed to consider... | |
 | Henry Beasley - 1878 - 536 sider
...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... | |
 | John Attfield - 1879 - 734 sider
...MEASURER OF CAPACITY. 1 inch = 39 139J seconds-pendulum. 12 " =1 foot. 36 " =3 feet = 1 yard. Length of pendulum vibrating seconds of mean ] time in the latitude of London in a vacuum at > 39.1393 inches. the level of the sea ) (1 cubic inch of distilled water at 62° F. and 30 inches... | |
 | John Attfield - 1879 - 718 sider
...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.)... | |
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A pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, in a vacuum and at the level of the sea, is divided into 391 ,393 equal parts. 
