IMPERIAL STANDARD TROY POUND WEIGHT. 
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“ portions of the standards, to be used for the future” To which the 9th Resolution 
(ibidem) adds : “ That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a model or pattern of the 
said standard yard mentioned in the 2nd Resolution of the former Committee, agreed 
“ to by the House June 2, 1758, and now in custody of the Clerk of the House , and a model 
“ or pattern of the standard pound, mentioned in the 8th Resolution of the former 
u Committee, agreed to by the House June 2nd, 1758, together with models or patterns 
“ of the parts of the said pound now presented to the House, and also of the multiples 
et of the said pound mentioned in this Report ( when the same are adjusted), should be 
“ kept in the said office, in custody of the said persons to be appointed for sizing 
“ weights and measures, under the seal of the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer 
“ for the time being, to be opened only by order of the said Chief Baron in his pre- 
“ sence, or the presence of one of the Barons of the Exchequer, on the application of 
“ the said persons, for the purpose of correcting and adjusting, as occasion shall re- 
“ quire, the patterns or models used at the said office for sizing measures of length 
“ and weights delivered out to the subjects.” 
This model or pattern of the standard pound, to be kept in the proposed office, 
might be understood to design one of the remaining pounds of Mr. Harris ; but if 
the Committee had had one of those pounds in view, they would probably have spe- 
cified it as one of the three single pounds presented by Mr. Harris to the former 
Committee: moreover, the already alleged 1st Resolution of the second Committee 
(p. 461 b.) speaks of models or patterns of measures of length and weights as “to 
“ be made.” They were of course not yet made, and therefore cannot be supposed to 
design the two remaining pounds of Mr. Harris, which were already made and ad- 
justed, and presented as such in the preceding year (1758) to the former Committee. 
To repeat in few words the results of these inquiries, it appears, 
1°. That the Reports of the Committees in 1758 and 1759 do not specify the metal 
of which the imperial standard troy pound was made. 
2°. That there is a probability that it was made of brass, according to Captain 
Kater’s opinion. 
3°. That if it was even certain that it was of brass, we ought to know of what kind 
of brass it was made, as the specific gravity of that metal varies according to its com- 
position. 
4°. That it is in the highest degree probable that the two remaining pounds which 
Mr. Harris presented to the Committee in 1758, were of the identical metal of the 
standard, so that if we could discover if these pounds still exist, and where they exist, 
the requisite specific gravity of the lost imperial standard troy pound might be ascer- 
tained. 
5°. That the Reports of the Committees in 1758 and 1759 contain nothing by 
which we can learn what has become of these two remaining pounds. 
26. Although the Reports of the Committee which presented the imperial standard 
troy pound to the House contain nothing from which we can ascertain its specific 
