...part of the Standard yard. With respect to the Standard unit of length, § 3 of the Act recited that the Imperial Standard yard, when compared with a pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time m the latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, had also been determined to be in the...

...= 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...brass rod is the standard yard of England. That its length, compared with that of the seconds pendulum at the level of the sea, is in the proportion of 36 to 39-1393 inches, the latter being the exact length of the seconds pendulum in a vacuum in the latitude...

...brass rod is tho standard yard of England. That its length, compared with that of the seconds pendulum at the level of the sea, is in" the proportion of 36 to 39-1393 inches, the latter being the exact length of the seconds pendulum in a vacuum in the latitude...

...Majesty to inquire into the subject of weights and measures that the said yard, hereby declared to be the imperial standard yard when compared with a pendulum...latitude of London, in a vacuum at the level of the sea, ia in the proportion of thirty-six inches to thirty-nine inches and one thousand three hundred and...