Show THE STANDARD OF ID tie L eted baites aul 1 angland tl e of length is tl e iid ind the question anses how leng is i baid it may be said in that a yard Is simply an squid ird wl icat tradition says is based u on tl e length attl e irm of henry at tie iid is lie distance be awn lo 10 milks upon 11 cei tain bar kept in the lo 10 of london and it it should bo the could neer lo 10 avoid this and obtain A fixed and un varying standard the in the last century made an ic curate mi is ot of tie ind t aking the ten mil lionilli part of this di gave it U e name of f ai d i it as alie standard stan daid of length is il ta about JJ 37 is now in use on the continent of lu lope ind is is legal stand ird in i early ill civilized counties count nes cons dei ible discussion as to etl er tl e origin 1 w is ind it seems probable pro bible that tl ere da a small eidor bo that it the metre now kept in tien nets ot the would not givs us tl 0 s ime me ire the my acte is a ery minute one and the ch lie very small that the original stand lid to say of the fact ali it tho numerous copies distributed among the arlous nations of the world do not 11 differ aiom riom it I 1 bip la S c e af |