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placed as to touch the Rods refpcttively at both 
Ends. ~ 
Beftdes all which, there alfo remains in thisOtticc 
an old Eight- fided Rod of Brafs, of theThicknefs o 
about half an Inch , very coarfely made, and as rudely 
divided, into Three Feet, and One of thofc reet , into 
12 Inches . This is marked near each End with an 
old Emlijh crowned ; and is luppofed to nave been 
the old Standard of a Tardy lodged there in the Time 
of King Henry the Seventh, and ufed as fuch, till the 
other above-mentioned, and now accounted the 
Standard, was made to fupply its Place. 
Now, as the Tard is from very old time mentioned 
in our Adts of Parliament, as containing Three reet , 
or 36 Inches ; and the Ell is not therein particularly 
deferibed, though univerfally reputed equal to one 
Tardandaghiarter, or to +5 Inches ; we (hall in the 
following Companion fuppoie, that the Length ot 
the fquare Brafs Tard Rod, here kept, and marked 
with a crowned E. by that Length meaning, as above, 
its greateft Length between Two parallel Planes, to 
be the true and genuine Length ot the E?ig/ijb lardy 
or of Three English Feet : And with that Length we 
{hall compare the others here mentioned, exprening 
how much they refpedtively exceed, or tali fhort of,, 
this fuppofed Standard Meafure. 
To examine all which, Mr. Graham was provided 
with very exadt and curious Beam- Compares of dii> 
ferent Sorts, and adapted to the feveral Purpofes the) 
were to be ufed for. One of thefe was by parallel 
Cheeks intended for the taking the Lengths of the 
Standard Rods above-mentioned to be kept in thc^ 
Exchequer : Another was by rounded Ends, one of 
B b b b which 
