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" 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 ninety-three ten-thousandth... "
The merchants' handbook - Page 108
by William Alfred BROWNE - 1872 - 278 pages
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 77

1815 - 1008 pages
...latter, the present parliamentary yard is to be retained, which is to be corrected by the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London. The standard •weight is to be the Ib. avoirdupois, •which is to be adjusted by measures of pure...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 5

1825 - 458 pages
...subject of weights and measures, that the said yard, hereby declared to be the Imperial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of...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...
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Arithmetic Modernised: Or, A Complete System of Arithmetic, Adapted to ...

John Davidson, Robert Scott (writing master) - 1818 - 190 pages
...l.Grecianfoot=12.085 do. 1 French toi6e= 76.7344 do. 25 English yards are. very nearly equal to 23 tunas the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of .London ; hence if a pendulum which vibrates seconds were divided into 100 equal parts, the standard yard would...
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The Monthly magazine, Volumes 56-60

Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...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...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 2

1825 - 490 pages
...subject of Weights and Measures, that the said yard hereby declared to be the imperial standard yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of...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...
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The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 2

Luke Herbert - 1825 - 396 pages
...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...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 3

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 pages
...: — " And whereas it has been ascertained by the Commissioners appointed, &c. that the said yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, and a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches, and one thousand...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 3

1825 - 486 pages
...: — " And whereas it has been ascertained by the Commissioners appointed, &c. that the said yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London, and a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of 36 inches to 39 inches, and one thousand...
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London Journal of Arts and Sceinces: And Repertory of Patent ..., Volume 10

William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 442 pages
...subject of weights and mear sures, 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 Londonf in a vacuum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine...
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 20

1826 - 460 pages
...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 uniform...
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