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29. Report from the Select Committee on Weights and Measures. (Dated May 28, 

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30. Katkr, Capt. Henry. An account of the comparison of various British stand- 

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31. Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords - - - (on petition 

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32. Kater, Capt. Henry. An account of the constinction and adjustment of the 

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33. Kater, Capt. Henry. On errors in standards of linear measure, arising from 

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34. Kater, Capt. Henry. An account of the construction and verification of a 

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35. Minutes of evidence taken before the select committee on bill to amend and 

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3G. Report from the select committee on the weights and measures act; together 

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37. Baily, Francis. Report on the new standard scale of this (the Royal Astro- 

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38. Airy, Sir Geo. B. Extracts of papers, printed and manuscript, laid before the 

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 Treasury. London, 1840. 4to, 155 pp. (Consists of a vast number of brief extracts 

 giving the opinions of many experts upon various points connected with the con- 

 struction and use of standards of weight and measure, and the advantages and dis- 

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39. Airy, Baily, Betiiune, Hersciiel, Lefevre, Lubbock, Peacock, Sheep- 

 shanks. Report of the commissioners appointed to consider the steps to be taken 

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40. Kelly, Patrick. The universal cambist: being a full and accurate treatise 

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41. Yolland, Capt. Wm. An account of the measurement of Lough Foyle base 

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42. Airy, Rosse, Wrottesley, Lefevre, Lubbock, Peacock, Sheepshanks, 

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