628 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 



LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN THE PREPARA- 

 TION OF THE FOREGOING ADDRESS. 



Note.— The abbreviatioD "E. P. P." is used to designate English Parliamentary 

 Papers. Some of these papers are of folio size and others of octavo size, bnt in the 

 official sets they are all bound up indiscriminately in volumes of folio size, measuring 

 1 3 by 8i inches. 



Throughout the preceding pages authorities in this list are usually cited by num- 

 ber and page. For example, ":30, p. 91" v^^ould indicate page 91 of Captain Kater's 

 account of his comparisons of various British standards of linear measure, contained 

 in the Philosophical Transactions for 1821. 



1. PiCARD, M. l'Abb6. De mensuris. Divers ouvrages. M6m, de I'Acad. Roy. des 

 Sciences, 1(J06-1()99, tome (i, pp. 532-549. Paris, 1730. 



2. Hire, M. de la. Comparaisou du pied antique Romain a celui du ChS-telet de 

 Paris, avec quelques remarques sur d'autres mesures. M6m. de I'Acad. Roy. des 

 Sciences, 1714, pp. 394-400. Paris, 1717. 



3. FoLKES, Martin. An account of the standard measures preserved in the Capitol 

 at Rome. Phil. Trans., 17,35-'36, pp. 262-26G. 



4. Maupertuis. La figure de la terre, d6tcrmiuee par les observations de MM. 

 de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, le Monnier, - - - Outhier, - - - Celsius, 

 - - - faites par ordre du Roy au cercle polaire. Paris, 1738. 16mo., pp. xxviii 

 + 184. 



5. Cassini de THURt". Sur la propagation du son. (On ]>. 135 has statement 

 respecting standards of length exchanged between the French Academy and the 

 English Royal Society.) Mem. de I'Acad. Roy. des Sciences, 1738, pp. 128-146. Paris, 

 1740. 



6. Degr^ du m^ridien entre Paris et Amiens, determine par la mesure de M. Picard 

 et ]}SbV les observations de MM. de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, le Monnier, - - - 

 Paris, 1740, 16rao, pp. Ivj -j- 116. 



7. Graham, George. An account of the proportions of the English and French 

 measures and weights, from the standards of the same, kept at the Royal Society. 

 Phil. Trans., 1742, pp. [185-188]. 



8. Graham, George. An account of a comparison lately made by some gentle- 

 men of the Royal Society, of the standard of a yard, and the several weights lately 

 made for their use; with the original standards of measures and weights in the 

 Exchequer, and some others kept for public use, at Guild-hall, Founders-hall, the 

 Tower, etc. Phil. Trans., 1743, pp. [.541-556]. 



9. Cassini de Thury. La m6ridienue de I'Observatoire royal de Paris, v^rifi^e 

 dans toute I'^tendue du royaume par de uouvelles observations. Paris, 1744. 8vo, 

 pp. 292-1- ccxxxvj. 



1 0. Reynardson, Samuel. A state of the English weights and measures of capac- 

 ity, as they appear from the laws as well ancient as modern ; being an attempt to 

 prove that the present avoirdupois weight is the legal and ancient standard for the 

 we gilts and measures of this Kingdom. Phil. Trans., 1749-'.50, pp. 54-71, 



11. Condamine, M. de la. Nouveau projet d'une mesure invariable, propre i\ 

 servir de mesure commune a toutes les nations. M6m. de I'Acad. Roy. des Sciences, 

 1747, pp. 489-514. Paris, 1752. 



12. BouGUER, Camus, Cassini de Thury Pingre. Op(?rations faites par ordre 

 de FAcad^mie pour raesurer I'iutervalle entre les centres des Pyramides de Ville- 

 juive & de Juvisy, etc. M6m. de I'Acad. Royale des Sciences, 1754, pp. 172-186. 

 Paris, 1759. 



13. Lord Carysfort. Report from the Committee appointed to inquire into the 

 original standards of weights and measures in this Kingdom, and to consider the laws 

 relating thereto. (Dated 26th May, 1758, and agreed to by the House June 2, 1758.) 



