Show A standard measure after being ten years in the malting making there has bas just been deposited in the government standard weights and measures strong room a new standard yard measure it la Is male of 90 df at platinum and ten of which rhen combined are not upset by either heat or cold afeei the belabor ite ita marking it was wag submitted to a number of tests coming through all with arith hlach horio honos s ivein sear of the next dext ten deais it will ie be examined examine and it if it varies by the millionth part af an inch it will be consigned to the rubbish heap otherwise it will become a stan london news |