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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.

A sheet of standard weights and measures in use during the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII. Engraving, 1746, probably by I. Basire, after a manuscript of c.1497.

Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

A pyrometer: shown in and out of its box. Engraving, mid eighteenth century.

The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.

A clock and a further instrument of measurement. Line block process print.

The principle of measurement, and examples of meters. Engraving.

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

Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

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Measurement

Images from the collections

Images about Measurement

Works from the collections

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

Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

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

The principle of measurement, and examples of meters. Engraving.

Measurement

Images from the collections

Images about Measurement

Works from the collections

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

Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

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

The principle of measurement, and examples of meters. Engraving.

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