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The practical surveyor, or, the art of land-measuring, made easy. Shewing by plain and practical rules, how to survey any piece of land whatsoever, by the Plain-Table, Theodolite, or Circumferentor: Or, by the Chain only. And how to Protract, Cast up, Reduce, and Divide the same. Likewise How to Protract Observations made with the Needle; and how to Cast up the Content of any Plott of Land: By Methods more Exact and Expeditious than heretofore used. To which is added, an appendix, shewing how to draw the plan of buildings, &c. in Perspective, from Observations made by the Theodolite. As also the Use of a new-invented Spirit-Level. With several other Things never before made Publick.
S. W.Date: M,DCC,XXV. [1725]- Books
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The practical surveyor, or, the art of land-measuring, made easy. Shewing by plain and practical Rules, how to Survey any Piece of Land whatsoever, by the Plain - Table, Theodolite, or Circumferentor: Or, by the Chain only. And how to Protract, Cast up, Reduce, and Divide the same. Likewise, A New Method of Protracting Observations made with the Meridian; and how to cast up the Content of any Plot of Land, by Reducing any Multangular Figure to one Triangle: Being more exact and expeditious than heretofore used. To which is added, an appendix, Shewing how to Draw Buildings, &c. in Perspective, from Observations made by the New Theodolite, its Use in Levelling, in finding the exact Number of solid Feet, contained in any Timber Trees before they are cut down, by Inspection only; and also the Use of a new-invented Spirit-Level. With several other Things never before made Publick. By Samuel Wyld, Gent.
Wyld, Samuel.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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The description and use, of a new constructed octant, sextant and quintant. By His Majesty's patent, being an improvement on the Hadley's quadrant. By either of which, altitudes are taken, and angular distances measured to the greatest precision from 0. to 160ʻ. Without a back observation, and with double the space of illumination, or field of view: also a new meth[o]d of adjusting the glasses, and applying the instrument for the purposes of finding the latitude and longitude at sea.. By G. Wright.
Wright, Gabriel.Date: [1779?]- Books
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Mesolabium architectonicum: that is, a most rare, and singular instrument, for the easie, speedy, and most certaine measuring of plaines and solids by the foote ... / Invented long since by Mr. Thomas Bedwell Esquire: and now published, and the use thereof declared by Wilhelm Bedwell, his nephew, vicar of Tottenham.
Bedwell, William, approximately 1561-1632Date: [1631]- Books
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Appliances for generating an applying electricity : letters patent to Isac Louis Pulvermacher, of 194, Regent Street, in the county of Middlesex, England, electrical engineer, for the invention of "Improved apparatus or appliances connected with generating, conducting, measuring, or testing and applying electricity" : sealed the 23rd March 1877, and dated the 28th September 1876.
Pulvermacher, Isac LouisDate: 1876- Books
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A treatise of gauging: or, the modern practical gauger. Containing, besides all the principal rules usually given on the subject, a great variety of new and interesting improvements: Particularly of gauging All Sorts of curvilineal Vessels, by the most Easy, Concise, and Certain Method; which is Now practised, and highly approved of, in and about this Metropolis. With the Demonstrations of several very useful and remarkable Properties of Vessels and Instruments, relative to this Art. Illustrated with necessary examples, and adapted both to the speculative and practical Reader. By Thomas Moss.
Moss, Thomas, active 1765-1776.Date: M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768]- Pictures
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The Mughal emperor being weighed on his birthday. Coloured etching.
Date: [between 1760 and 1792]Reference: 32661i- Books
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A brief description of a new instrument, invented by Mr. Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the sun, moon, and stars, from the visible horizon; or any other angles at sea: Whereby the interruption, and inconvenience, occasioned by the ship's motion, in observing with the quadrants commonly used, is remedied, and prevented. And the latitude found with great ease, accuracy, and expedition. With directions how to use it at Sea. Made and sold by George Adams, at Tycho Brahe's Head, near the Castle-Tavern in Fleetstreet, London; who makes, and sells, by wholesale and retale, and sorts of mathematical instruments, for land and sea, curiously and exactly finished in silver, brass, ivory, wood, &c. for the purposes of geometry, surveying, gauging, measuring, architecture, astronomy, geograghy, navigation, &c.
Smith, Caleb, active 1740.Date: 1732-1735]- Books
Review of measurements on full field digital mammography systems / J.M. Oduko [and others].
Date: 2009- Books
The universal ophthalmometer : patented Oct. 24, 1911 / E.B. Meyrowitz.
Meyrowitz, E. B.Date: [1912?]- Books
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Geodesia Catenea: or, Surveying by the chain only. (A method entirely new.) Shewing how to measure, plot, and divide any parcel of land, without any other instrument but the chain: with directions for mapping and finding the content of it, and tables ready calculated for the more expeditious performance thereof, as also for measuring timber, &c. By Henry Wilson, author of several mathematical treatises.
Wilson, Henry, 1673-1741.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Pictures
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Two men studying a corpse by the light of a candle stuck in its chest. Etching after a drawing attributed to Polidoro Caldara (Polidoro da Caravaggio).
Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543.Reference: 24713i- Pictures
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Mechanics: Atwood's machine with pulleys and calibrated dials, for measuring force; and diagrams of weights and paths of descent. Engraving, after 1861.
Reference: 45512i- Books
Measuring the future : scientific progress illustrated by the wartime experiece of Messrs. Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd. / by John Langdon-Davies.
Langdon-Davies, John, 1897-1971.Date: [1947]- Pictures
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Inventions shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris (1867 or 1878): a set of measuring devices for a meteorological station, a metal dish, and a table clock. Wood engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 46722i- Books
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Arithmetick and measurement, improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: Wherein are laid down, The different customary Perches, and other Measures, used in the several Parts of Great Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all artists ; but more especially those who are employed in building, gardening, surveying land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument (engrav'd on a Copper-Plate) call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Illustrated with a great Variety of useful Cuts. By William Halfpenny, Architect and Land Surveyor.
Halfpenny, William, -1755.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Pictures
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Various gold trinkets, pieces of gold jewelry, gold amulets, stools, gold nuggets and scales for measuring gold. Engraving.
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New and correct tables of the lunar motions, according to the Newtonian theory: as it is truly freed from all errors of the press. Which Tables are demonstratively prov'd to be true, by a sufficient Number of Observations, of the most Eminent Astronomers of this and the last Age, viz. Tycho Brahe, Longomontanus, Heveljus, Ricciolus, Bullialdus, Cassini, De la Hire, Dr. Halley, Mr. Flamsteed, Mr. Haynes, &c. Being mostly Observations of Lunar Eclipses, and some of them taken by several of the aforesaid Observers at once. Together, With the Description of a New Instrument for taking Altitudes at Sea, with much more Speed and Certainty than by any Quadrant yet invented; by Means of which Instrument (which may not improperly be call'd an Hypsometer) and the Tables, together with a Book lately printed, entitled, An Humble Address to the Honourable Commissioners, the Longitude may be found, as often as shall be necessary, to the requir'd Exactness: As also, Eclipses may be calculated to the greatest Perfection. The Whole design'd for the Use of, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, To whom with the greatest Submission it is most humbly dedicated. By Robert Wright, B. A. Author of the Boook before mention'd; formerly of Jesus College in Cambridge.
Wright, Robert, 1677-Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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The measurer and gauger's guide. Containing first, the reasons of the five principal rules of arithmetick, demonstrated by lines; with examples of each rule. Secondly, measuring of surfaces and solids, such as plank, timber, stone, &c. Joiners, carpenters, bricklayers, glasiers, painters and paviours work: each proposition being wrought vulgarly, decimally, practically and instrumentally. A small tract of gauging wine, ale or malt without inches or division. By which any one may gauge ten backs, or floors of malt, in the same time another shall gauge one, by the way now used: altogether new. and submitted to the censure of the commissioners of excise. By J.L. P.M.
Lightbody, James.Date: [1709]- Archives and manuscripts
Papers on the Wave Engine
Date: 1871-1872Reference: GALTON/2/1/2/3Part of: Galton Papers- Ephemera
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Density & concentration / Anton Paar K.G.
Anton Paar (Firm)Date: 1991- Books
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An abstract of an essay on the improvement of husbandry and working of mines. In a letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole. To which is added, a new method of measuring lands, hills, houses, towns, rivers, standing-waters and sea-coasts: with a cutt of the instrument. By Sir Alexander Murray of Stanhope, bart.
Murray, Alexander, Sir, -1743.Date: [1733]- Ephemera
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Paar Scientific : 594 Kingston Road, Raynes Park, London SW20 8DN : for urgent response fax to 081-543 8727.
Paar Scientific (Firm)Date: [1994?]- Books
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The art of measuring made easy, by the help of a new sliding rule, which performs the same at one operation, ... By W. Bradford, R. Darby, and J. Hulls, ...
Bradford, William, teacher of mathematicks.Date: 1761- Books
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A treatise of gauging. Containing not only what is common on the subject, but likewise a great variety of new and interesting improvements. With the demonstrations of several very useful and remarkable Properties of Vessels and Instruments, relative to this Art. Illustrated with necessary examples, and adapted both to the speculative and practical Readers. By Thomas Moss.
Moss, Thomas, active 1765-1766.Date: [1766]