The last " Imperial Standard Yard " in bronze was made in 1845; it served as the standard in the United Kingdom until the yard was redefined by the international yard and pound agreement as 0.9144 metre in 1959 ( statutory implementation : Weights and Measures Act of 1963 ).
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The Shuckburgh scale was a standard brass yard constructed for him by Edward Troughton, whose company later made the Victorian standard yard of 1855; the Shuckburgh scale was used by George Biddell Airy in his measurements of the earth's shape, and in setting standards for many years by the British government.
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The lunar crater Baily was named in his honour, as was the rigid and thermally insensitive alloy used to cast the 1855 standard yard ( " Baily's metal ", 16 parts copper, 2.5 parts tin, 1 part zinc ) and a local primary school in his home town of Thatcham ( Francis Baily CofE Primary School ).
