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Copies of the bar and cylinder described in Parts I and II respectively of this Schedule of the same construction and form as that bar and cylinder are respectively marked and deposited as follows—
a bronze bar marked " Copper 16 oz. Tin 2 ½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily's Metal No. 2 STANDARD YARD at 61°.94 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.", and a platinum cylinder marked " No. 1 PC 1844 1 lb ", deposited at the Royal Mint;
a bronze bar marked " Copper 16 oz. Tin 2 ½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily's Metal No. 3 STANDARD YARD at 62°.10 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.", and a platinum cylinder marked "No 2 PC 1844 1 lb ", deposited at the premises of the Royal Society ;
a bronze bar marked " Copper 16 oz. Tin 2 ½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily's Metal No. 5 STANDARD YARD at 62°.16 Faht Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.", and a platinum cylinder marked " No. 3 PC 1844 1 lb ", deposited at the Royal Greenwich Observatory ;
a bronze bar marked " Copper 16 oz. Tin 2 ½ Zinc 1 Mr. Baily's Metal No. 4 STANDARD YARD at 61°.98 Faht. Cast in 1845 Troughton & Simms, LONDON.", and a platinum cylinder marked " No 4 PC 1844 1 lb ", immured in the Palace of Westminster ;
a bronze bar marked " Copper 16 oz. Tin 2 ½ Zinc 1. BAILY'S METAL. PARLIAMENTARY COPY (VI) OF THE IMPERIAL STANDARD YARD. 41 & 42 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 49. STANDARD YARD AT 62° FAHT. CAST IN 1878. Troughton & Simms. London. H.J.C.", and a platinum-iridium cylinder marked " P.C. 5 1879" deposited at the National Weights and Measures Laboratory of the Department of Trade and Industry.
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