Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-04
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- The calculations IN the 10th volume of the As,t;o
lIansiChons, make the length of the PenduI,,., -,
90 r,1u''Oi o6,9JI Inciesj and At the Poles 80 %
bui the table here gwen from the most recent ana
most accurate observations ever vet detailed is mo-
10 he relied on. " ~ =
l'r formula may be found in page SO of Bio,'s
motN, on ~ o. ob2 Of vol. To- part l. of Brewste,'s
Encyc. ~ which the article P-uduu,n IL drawn u,,
deserves. W."
IL appears then, thar the British and French pill,
Sophers have made for us all The necessary exueri
mentS, with degree of care mud skill ,hat we hav.
hocnance VI eEceeiing nor DO see why they sbonld
%o We cn'ueu w me same confidence with US As
lhey have received IN Europe.
IL rppeHr, also, that of Two prncip,I siaudards -.
'h'"rrhle ntHsure, the portion of the mr,id,oual
arr, an" pehduum swinging seconds Ih. #, ii will,
prejudice, aud 'nt the last very lkry TO meet viii
'H!' sDcrcss, which the fist has failed Of
" appears also HAT the Pendulum standard Ga,
We adopted ~ preference 10y the cOmme rcaI nations
y! fdiope Hfung already received Inc sanction nj
treat Britain, Denmark aud Han,butp Hence the
principle Of uniformity will he more extensively com
Ph'3 VIA, by our adopting the sane standard for
the UUted States.
u appears also, thar the Commi,,ee az ,to po..t
ooc'ey oi London hsve exactly concided in general
sentiment with The Committee whereof M, Iowndes
was ohiIr"'an by making as little alteration in es-
Isuns practice as could be avoided consistently vS;,
he general plan resolved IN
~ appears also, that neither Mr.. Secretary Adams
10 MI. Lowndes, had, or could have had thr ,,ors
80 ' ""V ''CUSle scientific data furnished I'm I'M.
Wt'en, paper and, therefore, adhering 10 their
general ideas on tue subject, their details may te
ussiei'y rocreotedby the statements herein made
- propose, therefore, that - bill lie brought INN
C"HS'-SSj conforming 10 the tenor OF the fIlow,uy
ie,s,'Wl'OS, That may lie passed on tlie subject
Resolved, That u has become exyedieGt TO prov;ds
~ speedily - may he, for Introducing an 1n,Crn
}'.em OF Weights aud Measures throughout the
Resolved, ihal The length of = Pendulum vibrating
scVnus OF ime, 10 one Or nOre given lantudes Al
the level Of he sea, 10 q vacuum, and IN The ,e,"
ra'ufe at 81 Of Fshrsuheit's ihe,mometric,l .c,Ie
7u'i' he adopted IS permanent standard Of measure
w tue Onned States aud that the weights en,u,vcd
~ SAD olhtesJ snail be dcduced from tbs Sane
standard. "o s""r
Resolved, Thi' such Pendulum under the c;,c,,o,-
s'hces torf-d, vibrating seconds ~ the Int,,,,
London, ~ EBgHrd, old 3Im. IS north shall bs ron
s'utrfh ~ being thTiy-nne inches and one hundred
H"u hr'y mine tpOUsandii paris of ~ inch long ,c
cofdi0g 10 The parliamentary san,lstd ward mes5,rs
m"de iy Mr. Bird, ~ the year 1862 Iui The use OF tic
Dr'l'sn nauou. Aud that such Pendulum vil,r,,;,o
seconds under like circumstances ~ the civ of P,s
10 fIaocey latitude 80 deg. SON. rs north shall he
eossiueTed ~ uriy-nine inches and one hundred and
'hiry- Hipe thonssndil paris Of ~ inch long OF tbe
s"ne parliamentary measure, nude by MI Bird .
anu mat such pendulum, vibrating Seconds uu,leT
nnhe Circumstances, ~ the cry Of New York, IN
worm America, 10 laf. 40 deg I'm, d.. shall bs
considered rs finrty nine inches and one bune,ed
HnG ONE ihousandh parts Of racb lone 81 The sane
Parliamentary measure, made w Mr. Bird 4; and f,at
s"ch ps"aOiu'n, vibrating sscOnds, under like err
cumShncesi ~ The 9Oli degree Of north Ia n,ls =,
we sra shore ol ss UnSd States, shall he consilr
20 'a urly -nne inches aud nDs hundred and eg,f,
hsr te" thousand'fs Of an inch long, Of ha same
P9'"a@e"'sry s'd1dsfd measure, made by Alr Bird