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Mathematics: a sector rule and other mathematical instruments. Engraving.
Reference: 47872i
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Measurements of the bones, back view, Chinese woodcut
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Accessionis ad steriometriam, et mecanicam. In qua traduntur mensurae, et centra gravitatis quamplurium solidorum / Authore Stephano de Angelis.
Angeli, Stefano degli, 1623-1692.Date: 1662
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Paul Griggs
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Mathematics: a circular slide-rule for conversion of liquid measure. Lithograph after Veiga [?].
Reference: 47866i
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Chemistry: Lavoisier's ice-calorimeter, in three-quarter and cutaway views. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after H. Lascelles.
Lascelles, Henry, active 1800.Date: 20 March 1802Reference: 47602i
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Agriculture: a device for estimating the bulk of standing timber. Engraving, 1768.
Date: 1768Reference: 496512i
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Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 47806i
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Location of the gaohuang point, Chinese woodcut, 1443
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Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.
Date: 1769Reference: 47539i
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De asse et partibus eius / Autore Georgio Henischio.
Henisch, Georg, 1549-1618.Date: 1606
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Science: a complex machine for determining the specific gravity of various substances, an observer in early eighteenth-century dress looks on. Engraving.
Reference: 47015i
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The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
Date: 1902Reference: 27949i
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Observationes diametrorum solis et lunae apparentium, meridianarúmque aliquot altitudinum solis et paucarum fixarum ... Huic adjecta est brevis dissertatio de dierum naturalium inaequalitate ; et de temporis aequatione ... Una cum nova mensurarum geometricarum idea ... / auctore Gabriele Mouton.
Mouton, Gabriele, 1618-1694.Date: 1670
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Surveying: equipment for field surveying, a extending tower. Wood engraving.
Reference: 46723i
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Dell'arte del misurare libri due, nel primo de' quali s'insegna a misurare et partir' i campi. Nel secondo a misurar le muraglie, imbottar grani, vini, fieni, et strami; col livellar dell'acque et altre cose necessarie a gli agrimensori / Di M. Girolamo Cataneo.
Cataneo, Girolamo, active 1564.Date: 1584
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Electricity: an electrometer, with the disembodied head of an observer watching the dials. Engraving.
Reference: 47550i
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The principle of barometric measurement, and examples of barometers. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1798.
Date: 1798Reference: 47017i
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Specification of Alexander Melville Clark : apparatus for taking the shape or profile of the head.
Clark, Alexander Melville.Date: 1874
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Recruitment and measurement of soldiers outside a village inn. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: December 1st 1799Reference: 39257i
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A pedometer. Engraving by Porter after Farey junior.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Reference: 47033i
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Humidity measurement, and details of a hygrometer. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
Reference: 47027i
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Paul Griggs
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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.
Goldingham, John.Date: 1822Reference: 45498i

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Mathematics: a sector rule and other mathematical instruments. Engraving.

Measurements of the bones, back view, Chinese woodcut

Accessionis ad steriometriam, et mecanicam. In qua traduntur mensurae, et centra gravitatis quamplurium solidorum / Authore Stephano de Angelis.

Scientific analysis

Mathematics: a circular slide-rule for conversion of liquid measure. Lithograph after Veiga [?].

Chemistry: Lavoisier's ice-calorimeter, in three-quarter and cutaway views. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after H. Lascelles.

Agriculture: a device for estimating the bulk of standing timber. Engraving, 1768.

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

Location of the gaohuang point, Chinese woodcut, 1443

Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.

De asse et partibus eius / Autore Georgio Henischio.

Science: a complex machine for determining the specific gravity of various substances, an observer in early eighteenth-century dress looks on. Engraving.

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

Observationes diametrorum solis et lunae apparentium, meridianarúmque aliquot altitudinum solis et paucarum fixarum ... Huic adjecta est brevis dissertatio de dierum naturalium inaequalitate ; et de temporis aequatione ... Una cum nova mensurarum geometricarum idea ... / auctore Gabriele Mouton.

Surveying: equipment for field surveying, a extending tower. Wood engraving.

Dell'arte del misurare libri due, nel primo de' quali s'insegna a misurare et partir' i campi. Nel secondo a misurar le muraglie, imbottar grani, vini, fieni, et strami; col livellar dell'acque et altre cose necessarie a gli agrimensori / Di M. Girolamo Cataneo.

Electricity: an electrometer, with the disembodied head of an observer watching the dials. Engraving.

The principle of barometric measurement, and examples of barometers. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1798.

Specification of Alexander Melville Clark : apparatus for taking the shape or profile of the head.

Recruitment and measurement of soldiers outside a village inn. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

Scientific analysis

A pedometer. Engraving by Porter after Farey junior.

Humidity measurement, and details of a hygrometer. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Light effects

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.