Usury Act 1660 Usury Act 1660 The Usury Act 1660 is an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Car. II. c. 13) with the long title "An Act for restraining the taking of Excessive Usury". The purpose of the Act was to reduce the interest rate from 8% to 6%. The legislation had been enacted in 1651 under the Commonwealth, but this Act was passed to confer legality on the measure following the Restoration of Charles II after the English Civil War. It was amended by the Usury Act 1840 (3&4 Vict, c.83), the Usury Act 1841 (4&5 Vict, c.54), the Usury
1660 Wood who had discovered 12 asteroids himself between 1911 and 1928. He had the prime responsibility for the famous "Franklin-Adams Star Camera" (Franklin-Adams photographic refractor) since its acquisition in 1909 "(also see 1925 Franklin-Adams)". The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center before November 1977 (). 1660 Wood 1660 Wood, provisional designation , is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was named after British–South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood. "Wood" was discovered on 7 April 1953, by South African astronomer Jacobus Bruwer at Johannesburg Observatory in