Height in relation to a certain reference point

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Mountain medicine : a clinical study of cold and high altitude / Michael Ward.

Physiology of flight : human factors in the operation of military aircraft ; a compendium of lectures and demonstrations given to Army Air Force personnel, 1940-1942 / by The Aero Medical Research Laboratory, Experimental Engineering Section, Materiel Center.

De la cure d'air d'altitude combinée avec la cure thermale du Mont-Dore dans la phtisie pulmonaire / par Em. Émond.

Patología y cirugía en la altura / David Frisancho Pineda.

Influenza salutare del clima delle montagne nella cura della tisi polmonare incipiente : memorie / del dottore coll. Biagio Gastaldi.

Baths and laundry in Marshall Street, Soho: elevation above and plans below. Wood engraving, 1861.

The Arab Hospital, Granada, Spain. Steel engraving by Ribault and J. Sulpis after F. Enríquez y Ferrer.

Hospice de Brie-Comte-Robert: main façade and back façade. Process print, 1913.

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

The house of Dr. C. S. Sutcliffe. Drawing.

A labelled section through a porter brewery. Engraving by Mutlow, c. 1812, after J. Farey.

A labelled section through a brewhouse showing brewing utensils and machinery. Wood-engraving, c. 1847.

Two sections through a brewhouse. Engraving by Gray & Son, 19th century, after G. Whitelaw.

Five labelled sections through parts of a porter brewery. Engraving by W. Lowry, c. 1816, after J. Farey.

Highlands of Brazil Sanatorium, São Paulo: elevations and plans. Lithograph, 1886.

A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

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Altitude

Images from the collections

Images of Altitude

Works from the collections

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A labelled section through a brewhouse showing brewing utensils and machinery. Wood-engraving, c. 1847.

Hospice de Brie-Comte-Robert: main façade and back façade. Process print, 1913.

Two sections through a brewhouse. Engraving by Gray & Son, 19th century, after G. Whitelaw.

Altitude

Images from the collections

Images of Altitude

Works from the collections

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

A labelled section through a brewhouse showing brewing utensils and machinery. Wood-engraving, c. 1847.

Hospice de Brie-Comte-Robert: main façade and back façade. Process print, 1913.

Two sections through a brewhouse. Engraving by Gray & Son, 19th century, after G. Whitelaw.

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