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In the same vision of Ezekiel , the directions are given for the building of the new
temple after the restoration of the captivity ; and all the dimensions of the temple
are prescribed by a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand ...
In the same vision of Ezekiel , the directions are given for the building of the new
temple after the restoration of the captivity ; and all the dimensions of the temple
are prescribed by a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand ...
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Historical traditions allege that , a full century before the Conquest , a law of
Edgar prescribed that there should be the same weights , and the same
measures , throughout the realm ; but that it was never observed . The system
which had been ...
Historical traditions allege that , a full century before the Conquest , a law of
Edgar prescribed that there should be the same weights , and the same
measures , throughout the realm ; but that it was never observed . The system
which had been ...
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It has been supposed to have prescribed the uniformity of identity , and not the
uniformity of proportion ; that , by enjoining one measure of wine , and one
measure of ale , and one measure of corn , its intention was , that all these
measures ...
It has been supposed to have prescribed the uniformity of identity , and not the
uniformity of proportion ; that , by enjoining one measure of wine , and one
measure of ale , and one measure of corn , its intention was , that all these
measures ...
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In comparing together the wine gallon as prescribed by the statute of 1266 and
that derived from the assize of the tun , we find the former in the ascending ratio ,
beginning with the kernel of wheat and multiplying : the latter is formed in the ...
In comparing together the wine gallon as prescribed by the statute of 1266 and
that derived from the assize of the tun , we find the former in the ascending ratio ,
beginning with the kernel of wheat and multiplying : the latter is formed in the ...
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To have produced a quotient of a number of tons , their final divisor should have
been 30 instead of 95 . This mistake was precisely the same as that of the British
parliament of 1496 , when , thinking to reenact the law of 1266 , they prescribed ...
To have produced a quotient of a number of tons , their final divisor should have
been 30 instead of 95 . This mistake was precisely the same as that of the British
parliament of 1496 , when , thinking to reenact the law of 1266 , they prescribed ...
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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.
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| Наслов | Report Upon Weights and Measures |
| Аутори | United States. Department of State, John Quincy Adams |
| Издавач | Gales & Seaton, 1821 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет Оксфорд |
| Дигитализовано | 30 нов. 2006 |
| Дужина | 245 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |