Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 10
nation there was considerablevariation, which, however, became greater on passing fromone nation to another. At the present time there are two standards of length inuse in English-speaking countries, namely, the yard andthe metre. The yard is said to have represented, originally, the length of the… … Fig. 1.—Bronze yard, 38 in. long, 1 in. sq. in section,a, o are small wells in bar, sunk to mid-depth. The bronze bar is 38 inches long and has a cross-section oneinch square (Fig. 1). At a, a, wells are sunk to the mid-depthof the bar, and at the bottom of each well is a gold plug orpin, about yV…
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