 | James Fitzjames Stephen - 1863 - 540 pages
...pound sterling ? Such a part of an ounce of gold. What is an ounce ? Such a part of the weight of " a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches."* What is an inch ? A measure bearing... | |
 | Stephen Parkinson - 1863 - 408 pages
...The standard of weight in England is the pound Troy, consisting of 5760 grains; and it is stated that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights at 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches, weighs 252'458 such grains: — the pound Avoirdupois... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 pages
...above standard. The pound troy, from the standard of 1758, is also defined by determining that the cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at 62°, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains (the pound being 5,760 grains).... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 pages
...above standard. The pound troy, from the standard of 1758, is also defined by determining that the cubic inch of distilled water weighed in air by brass weights, at 62°, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252.458 grains (the pound being 5,760 grains).... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1865 - 978 pages
...this country is the grain, which i? ordered by Act of Parliament, б Geo. IV. с, 74, to be euch 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 two hundred and fifty-two... | |
 | George William Cox - 1867 - 1002 pages
...this country is the grain, which is ordered by Act of Parliament, 5 Geo. IV. c. 74, to be such 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 two hundred and fifty-two... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1867 - 974 pages
...ordered by Act of Parliament, б Geo. IV. с. 74. t.) be such that 'a cubic inch of distilled e.it-r, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is «quäl to two hundred and fifty-two... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1872 - 208 pages
...explicitly declared_to have been " ascertained by the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, &o., that a cubic inch of distilled water, .weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of FAHRENHEIT'S thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches, is equal to two... | |
 | FREDERICK A.P. BERNARD, S.T.D., I.I.D., - 1872 - 200 pages
...explicitly declared to have been " ascertained by the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, &c., that a cubic inch of distilled water, weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of FAHRENHEIT'S thermometer, the barometer being at thirty inches, is equal to two... | |
 | William Alfred BROWNE - 1872 - 318 pages
...pound if lost might be restored by reference to the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water, which weighed in air by brass weights, at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheitis thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252-458 grains, while the... | |
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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... 
