SLOWLY CHANGING
IMPERIAL STANDARDS..". .'
■As most people know, all ourvweightt' and;measures depend in the last resort oh'the weight and length of two.pieces of metal known as the Imperial standard'pound and yard, states the "Daily Mail;" But it appears that these two pieces are themselves getting lighter and shorter respectively. . ■ The Stationery Office published recently the report on the re-examination of the Imperial; Standards, which the law requires to be made every ten years. .. • ■ - The. experts, after five years of tests, from 1922 to 1927> give it as their opinion that the Imperial standard yard is now about two ten-thousandths of an inch shorter than in 1852; and the Imperial standard pound has lost about one five-millionth of its weight. The nature and condition of the Imperial standard pound and its copies seem to be such that it is impossible to disregard the possibility that they may all be slowly losing mass. The report also expresses the view that the Imperial standard yard and pound should be replaced by standards gfvgreater accuracy; and: refinement; ~
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 24
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173SLOWLY CHANGING Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 24
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