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Page 51
... length , capacity , and weight , were made to depend .. The length of the seconds pendulum , we conceive , furnishes an equally certain and a much more simple standard ; and we believe that it is with reference principally to this ...
... length , capacity , and weight , were made to depend .. The length of the seconds pendulum , we conceive , furnishes an equally certain and a much more simple standard ; and we believe that it is with reference principally to this ...
Page 53
... length of a simple pendulum and the time of its vibration will be at once known , uninfluenced by any irregularity of density or figure . An unexceptionable method of determining the length of the pendulum being thus adopted , the next ...
... length of a simple pendulum and the time of its vibration will be at once known , uninfluenced by any irregularity of density or figure . An unexceptionable method of determining the length of the pendulum being thus adopted , the next ...
Page 58
... length . This was called the mètre à bouts . The other , which was a bar of platina , had the length of the metre shewn on it by two very fine lines ; and this was named the mètre à traits . A ' The width of the mètre à bouts is one ...
... length . This was called the mètre à bouts . The other , which was a bar of platina , had the length of the metre shewn on it by two very fine lines ; and this was named the mètre à traits . A ' The width of the mètre à bouts is one ...
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