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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.
  • Anatomical measurements, supine figure, Chinese woodcut
  • Measurements of the bones, back view, Chinese woodcut
  • 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.
  • Acu-moxa aid: landmark measurements, Chinese MS, late Qing
  • Engraving: sphygmomanometer devised by S.S. von Basch, circa 1881.
  • 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.
  • Location of the gaohuang point, Chinese woodcut, 1443
  • Body measurements, back view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
  • Scientific analysis
  • Light effects
  • A pyrometer: shown in and out of its box. Engraving, mid eighteenth century.
  • Anatomical measurements, supine figure, Chinese woodcut
  • Location of the Four Flower Points, Chinese woodcut, 1443'
  • 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.
  • Hales' experiments to determine blood pressure of a horse.
  • The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
  • Anatomical measurements, prone figure, Chinese woodcut
  • The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
  • Measurement: a scholar making observations of a pendulum, with two servants, one writing at a table. Engraving by J. Basire, 1822, after J. Goldingham, 1821.
  • Agriculture: a device for estimating the bulk of standing timber. Engraving, 1768.
  • Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].
  • Recruitment and measurement of soldiers outside a village inn. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Body measurements, front view, Chinese woodcut, 1443