Show HARD TO TRACE ITS DESCENT story of the standard yard and its origin must be accepted with some reservation the picturesque story of the relation between the length of henry I 1 Is s arm and the standard yard abich the lord chancellor will disinter froni from tile the walls of westminster palace is one wo we should all like to accept writes a correspondent of the manchester guardian but the historical standards have changed so often that there must be many gaps in the chain of deR descent cent it if the yard and the pound are ns as described they hey must be exact copies of the loss less romantic standards of the board of trade which hi ch date from froin no nn later than 1934 and ay prosy victorians victorian should have burled them in a wall Is hard to understand the oldest standard in so ns as I 1 know Is the yard of henry VII which hah should be in tile lie jewel house but as it lias has only 3 indies inches it s no longer 7 good measure parliament had a standard sta troy pound and a new yard constructed in it CO they were deposited with the clerk to the hauze ot of commons but in tile lie fire ot of 1 the pound was lost unit ami the alie yard injured this yard was as then lost sight of until ISM 1891 when it was placed in the lobby ot of the clerks re residence to 0 o gai portlier ther with a standard stone ot of 14 pounds |