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A complete view of the British Customs. Containing, I. A perfect and distinct account of the several particular branches whereof that revenue consists. II. The Former and Additional Books of the Rates of Merchandizes, from which most of those Branches are chargeable; with the Neat Total Amount of all the several Branches payable, as well from those Rates, as from the Values upon Oath, &c for all Foreign Goods and Merchandize Imported, not only by British Subjects, but by Strangers; and also The Neat Total Amount of such of the said Branches as are to be Repaid, or Drawn back, in case the said Goods are afterwards Exported to Foreign Parts within Time. With The Neat Duty to be paid upon Native Commodities, and several Foreign Dying Goods Exported: Also the Duties to be paid upon Coals, Culm, and Cinders brought Coastwise, and to be Repaid if they are afterwards Exported. All Calculated to the Utmost Exactness. Together with the several Rules, Orders, &c. Annexed to the said Books of Rates. III. Directions for, and Examples of, The Method of Computing the aforesaid Duties to be Paid and Repaid; with the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of several British Goods, &c. IV. The several Ports, Members, and Creeks of Great Britain; the Lawful Keys, Wharfs, &c. and the Fees payable to the Officers of the Customs in the Port of London; with the Duties of Scavage, Package, &c payable to the said City. V. An index, wherein is comprehended the substance of the several laws now in force, relating to the Customs, &c. The Whole being A Complete System of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs. B Henry Crouch, Of the Custom-House, London.
Crouch, Henry, -1732.Date: MDCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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The complete measurer: or, the whole art of measuring. In two parts. Part I. Teaching Decimal Arithmetic, with the Extraction of the Square and Cube-Roots. Also the Multiplication of Feet and Inches, commonly called Cross-Multiplication. Part II. Teaching to measure all Sorts of Superficies and Solids, by Decimals, by Cross-Multiplication, and by Scale and Compasses: Also, the Works of several Artificers relating to Building, and the measuring of Board and Timber, shewing the common Errors, and some Practical Questions. Thirteenth edition. To which is added an appendix. 1. Of gaging. 2. Of land-measuring. very useful for all Tradesmen, especially Carpenters, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Painters, Joiners, Glaziers, Masons, &c. By William Hawney, Philomath.
Hawney, William, active 1710-1750.Date: 1797
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Agriculture: a device for estimating the bulk of standing timber. Engraving, 1768.
Date: 1768Reference: 496512i- Pictures
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- Books
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- Books
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The compendious measurer; being a brief, yet comprehensive, treatise on mensuration, and practical geometry. With an introduction to decimal and duodecimal arithmetic. Adapted to practice, and the use of Schools. By Charles Hutton, LL.D. and F.R.S. &c. The Fourth Edition, corrected and enlarged. Illustrated with the plan of a Field-Book Engraved on Copper.
Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.Date: [1800]- Books
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- Pictures
Surveying: equipment for field surveying, a extending tower. Wood engraving.
Reference: 46723i- Books
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- Pictures
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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Scientific analysis
Paul Griggs
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A pedometer. Engraving by Porter after Farey junior.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Reference: 47033i
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Infant weighing machine, Birmingham, England, 1870-1910
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The practical measurer his pocket-companion: containing tables ready cast up, for the speedy mensuration of timber, board, &c. ... By Isaac Keay. With an appendix by Mr. Hatton, ... The ninth edition, carefully revised and corrected: to which is now added, a table ...
Keay, Isaac.Date: 1764
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Humidity measurement, and details of a hygrometer. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
Reference: 47027i
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Sets of scales with weights, Iran, 1801-1900
Science Museum, London
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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