 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 624 páginas
...Paris, and a standard of two marcs, or sixteen Paris ounces, was returned. In 1758 a select committee of the House of Commons was appointed, ' to inquire into the original standards of weights and measures in this kingdom, and to consider the laws relating thereto.' The committee were assisted by several... | |
 | Sir Charles William Pasley - 1834 - 220 páginas
...sixteen years, the attention of Parliament,, was drawn to this important subject, when a Committee of the House of Commons was appointed " to inquire into the original standards of " weights and measures in the United Kingdom, and to " consider the laws relating thereto, and to report their " observations... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1872 - 642 páginas
...absolute necessity existed for remedying the grievous defects of the weights and measures in use. Hence, in 1814, a committee of the House of Commons was appointed...the original standards of weights and measures, and their report was, that a pendulum vibrating in a given time and place was the best standard of measure... | |
 | 1827 - 328 páginas
...Paris, and a standard of two marcs, or sixteen Paris ounces, was returned. In 1758 a select committee of the House of Commons was appointed, 'to inquire into the original standards of weights and measures in this kingdom, and to consider the laws relating thereto.' The committee were assisted by several... | |
 | 1885 - 812 páginas
...consequently, the comparison is now of little or no value for scientific purposes. In 1758, a committee of the House of Commons was appointed to inquire into the original standards of measures and weights. The committee presented an elaborate report, in which they recommended that a... | |
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... were sent to Paris, and one of them was returned, having the Paris halftoise, containing three Paris feet, marked upon it. Copies of the avoirdupois and troy pounds were, at the same time, sent to Paris, and a standard of two marcs, or sixteen Paris... 