Report Upon Weights and Measures, Издања 1-7Gales & Seaton, 1821 - 245 страница |
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... half the width of the body , to the middle of the breast ; and , by doubling that , the fathom , or extent from the extremity of one middle finger to that of the other , with expand- ed arms , an exact equivalent to the stature of man ...
... half the width of the body , to the middle of the breast ; and , by doubling that , the fathom , or extent from the extremity of one middle finger to that of the other , with expand- ed arms , an exact equivalent to the stature of man ...
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... half of our avoirdupois ounce ; the most ancient of weights traceable in human history . And thus the earliest and most venerable of historical records ex- tant , in perfect coincidence with speculative theory , prove , that the natural ...
... half of our avoirdupois ounce ; the most ancient of weights traceable in human history . And thus the earliest and most venerable of historical records ex- tant , in perfect coincidence with speculative theory , prove , that the natural ...
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... half , and the denarius , or piece of ten , meant the pieces of silver of value equal respectively to two and a half and to ten of the original brass weights of the balance . The sestertius was the unit of money , and the denarius of ...
... half , and the denarius , or piece of ten , meant the pieces of silver of value equal respectively to two and a half and to ten of the original brass weights of the balance . The sestertius was the unit of money , and the denarius of ...
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... half peck was for dry . But the one measure of wine was a gal- lon , not of the same cubical contents as the half - peck and ale gallon , but which , when filled with wine , was of the same weight as the half- peck , or corn gallon ...
... half peck was for dry . But the one measure of wine was a gal- lon , not of the same cubical contents as the half - peck and ale gallon , but which , when filled with wine , was of the same weight as the half- peck , or corn gallon ...
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... half what it had weighed till after 1304. The penny weight troy was never called a sterling , any where , or at any time , but in this act of 1496. It was neither the weight of the old tower standard , nor was it the penny sterling of ...
... half what it had weighed till after 1304. The penny weight troy was never called a sterling , any where , or at any time , but in this act of 1496. It was neither the weight of the old tower standard , nor was it the penny sterling of ...
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admeasurement appointed ascertained assize avoirdupois weights barrel beams beer brass casks cents clerk comparison Congress contain corn gallon court cubic foot cubic inches decimal divisions dollars dry measure easterling England English ephah equal established exchequer France French system further enacted gold Governor grains troy half bushel half peck hogshead hundred JOHN QUINCY ADAMS kilogramme linear measure liquid measures and weights measures of capacity metals metre metrology offence ordinance ounces pence pendulum penny person pint pound avoirdupois pound sterling pound weight prescribed procure proportion quart quarter respective counties scale sealer of weights Secretary shillings silver coins specific gravity stamped standard of weights standard weights statute of 1266 steelyards sures system of weights thereof tion toise town treasurer troy pound troy weight uniformity United vessel weights and mea weights and measures weights or measures Winchester bushel wine gallon wine measure yard
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Страница 19 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Страница 17 - But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have : that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Страница 26 - ... an English penny, called a sterling round, and without any clipping, shall weigh thirty-two wheat corns in the midst of the ear, and...
Страница 24 - There shall be one measure of wine and one of ale, through our whole realm ; and one measure of corn, that is to say, the London quarter ; and one breadth of dyed cloth, and russets, and haberjeets, that is to say, two ells within the lists ; and it shall be of weights, as it is of measures.
Страница 122 - ... economical arrangements and daily concerns of every family. They are necessary to every occupation of human industry; to the distribution and security of every species of property; to every transaction of trade and commerce; to the labors of the husbandman; to the ingenuity of the artificer; to the studies of the philosopher; to the researches of the antiquarian, to the navigation of the mariner, and the marches of the soldier; to all the exchanges of peace, and all the operations of war.
Страница 121 - Weights and measures may be ranked among the necessaries of life, to every individual of human society. They enter into the economical arrangements and daily concerns of every family. They are necessary to every occupation of human industry...
Страница 210 - King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if any Person or Persons shall...
Страница 134 - It is determined, we find, as a certain fraction of the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London.
Страница 50 - If man upon earth be an improvable being; if that universal peace which was the object of a Saviour's mission, which is the desire of the philosopher, the longing of the philanthropist, the trembling hope of the Christian, is a blessing to which .the futurity of mortal man has a claim of more than mortal promise ; if the spirit of evil...
Страница 19 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD, Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.