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" May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures  "
The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror - Page 188
1825
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 12

1867 - 964 pages
...fixed, by Act of Parliament passed 1835, to be " the straight line or distance between the cent» of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words 'Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved." The Act further states that in the latitude of London the pendulum...
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The Monthly magazine, Volumes 56-60

Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...of the act relates to measures, and enacts that the straightline or distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass rod in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the words and figures " standardyard,\l<X>,"...
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Passed in ...

Great Britain - 1824 - 826 pages
...Brass Weight of One Pound Troy Weight, made in the Year One thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the original and genuine Standard Measure of Weight,...
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The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 2

Luke Herbert - 1825 - 396 pages
...measure? are determined to be as follow, viz. The Standard Yard is " that distance between the centres of the two points in the gold studs in the straight brass...and figures ' Standard Yard, 1760,' are engraved, which is declared to be the genuine standard of the measure of length called a yard : and as the expansibility...
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London Journal of Arts and Sceinces: And Repertory of Patent ..., Volume 10

William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 442 pages
...1st of January, 1826, the standard brass weight of one pound of troy weight, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be the original and genuine standard measure of weight,...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 2

1825 - 490 pages
...brass weight of one pound troy weight, made in the year one thousand •even hundred and fifty-eight, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, the original and genuine standard measure of weight,...
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Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 5

1826 - 478 pages
...inch, it will remain only for me to point out the method for ascertaining whether the standard pound, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, be correct. We must, now, for this purpose, have recourse to the record in the fifth clause of the...
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A Supplement to Barton's Precedents in Conveyancing, Volumes 1-2

Charles Barton, Samuel Francis Thomas Wilde - 1826 - 658 pages
...measure, if lost. § 4. That the standard brass weight of one pound troy weight, made in the year 1758, now in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons, shall be declared to be the original and genuine standard measure of weight, and such brass weight...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 5

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1826 - 476 pages
...solid, shall be divided . • . - ion.- ' Again, the fourth clause of this Act declares that there is now, in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, a brass weight, called a pound troy weight, made ia the year 1/58, and that such brass weight shall...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 5

1826 - 490 pages
...superficial, or solid, shall be divided. Again, the fourth clause of this Act declares that there is now, in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, a brass weight, called a pound troy weight, made in the year 1/58, and that such brass weight shall...
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