 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner - 1918 - 1592 pages
...nearly. ,, ,, Madras . . . = 25 Ibs. nearly. „ Tola = 180 gr. „ Guz of Bengal . . . . = 36 inches. An Act to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform...the Governor-General of India in Council in 1871. This Act, however, has never been brought into operation. The matter was again considered by a Weights... | |
 | 1926 - 2932 pages
...equivalent to 6.666Z. The Maund of Bengal of 40 sera ,, Bombay ,, „ Madras „ Tola ,, Ser of 80 tolas An Act to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform system of weights and measun-s of capacity throughout British India was passed by the Governor- General of India in Conm-il... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner - 1925 - 1584 pages
...nearly. ,, ,, Madras . . . = 25 Ibs. nearly. ,, Tola = 180 gr. ,, Otis of Bengal . . . . = 36 inches. An Act to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform system or weights and measurrs of capacity throughout British India was passed by the Governor-General of... | |
 | 1925 - 2324 pages
...nearly. ,, ,, Madras . . . = 25 Ibs. nearly. ,, Tola = 180 gr. „ Ouz of Bengal . . . . = 36 inches. An Act to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform system 01 weights and measures of capacity throughout British India was passed by the Governor-General of... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter, Barry Turner - 1876 - 876 pages
...28 Ibs. 25 Ibs. 24'3 bushels. 180 gr. 36 inches. An Act ' to provide for the ultimate adoption of an uniform system of weights and measures of capacity...the Governor-General, of India in Council in 1871, receiving the assent of the Governor-General on October 31, 1871. The Act orders : Art. 2. ' The primary... | |
 | Daniel Kinnear Clark - 1878 - 1064 pages
...British feet. INDIAN EMPIRE.— WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. An Act " to provide for the ultimate adoption of an uniform system of weights and measures of capacity throughout British India " was passed in October, 1871. The ser is adopted under the Act as the primary standard or unit of weight, and is... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 624 pages
...important Act passed by the governor-general in council was sanctioned by the House of Commons in 1872, to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform...and measures of capacity throughout British India. The Act directs that the unit of weight shall be a ' ser,' equal to the French kilogramme, and the... | |
 | 1880 - 942 pages
...213,054 249,646 306,089 234,431 235,567 229,562 228,997 ' 254,610 255,711 266,823 276,943 265,387 279,879 of weights and measures of capacity throughout British...: Art. 2. ' The primary standard of -weight shall b« called a ser, and shall be a weight of metal in the possession of the Government of India, equal,... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter - 1881 - 972 pages
...249,646 306,089 383,741 235,567 229,562 228,997 254,610 255,711 266,823 276,943 265,387 279,879 305,381 of weights and measures of capacity throughout British...' The primary standard of weight shall be called a ser, and shall be a weight of metal in the possession of the Government of India, equal, when weighed... | |
 | Sir John Strachey, Sir Richard Strachey - 1882 - 500 pages
...force in British India. Its principal provisions are as follows. It declares that ' it is expedient to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform...and measures of capacity throughout British India ; ' that the primary standard of weight shall be a seer, equal to the French kilogramme ; that the... | |
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Bengal . . . . = 36 inches. An Act to provide for the ultimate adoption of a uniform system of weights and measures of capacity throughout British India was passed by the Governor-General of India in Council in 1871. The Act orders : Art 2. ' The primary... 
