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Concept

Measurement

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  • Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.
  • A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Humidity measurement, and details of a hygrometer. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Mensuration: a man using an inclinometer (?) and trigonometry to measure a water-tank (?) in a field. Engraving, ca.1760.
  • Science: a complex machine for determining the specific gravity of various substances, an observer in early eighteenth-century dress looks on. Engraving.
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Catalogue

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    Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

    | Reference: 47807i
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    Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

    | Date: 1661 | Reference: 46693i
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    Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

    Lascelles, Henry, active 1800. | Date: 10 February 1801 | Reference: 47598i
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    Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

    | Reference: 47808i
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    The principle of measurement, and examples of meters. Engraving.

    | Reference: 47020i
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