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Adding Machines - Fortune
Old Sundial, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa
Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London
Susi - with a lot of clocks
Susi - having her height measured
Surveyors sitting in a circle during a meeting. Miniature of
Astronomicon. Engraving
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662). Measuring the air pressure. Colo
Policewomen recruits measured for height, London
The Mirror of Architecture, Perspective, 1687
The Mirror of Architecture, Perspective, 1687
The Mirror of Architecture, Perspective, 1687
The New Perspective, 1547
Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica, Triangulation
Title page of Edmund Gunter (1581-1626) The Description
A surveyor's level. From Gaultherus Rivius Architechturno
French Railway Alphabet - K
French Railway Alphabet - J
Barometers used for experiments at the Accademia
Reconstruction of Ctesibius of Alexandria's (active
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician
Rumford's calorimeter used to determine amount
Case of Drawing Instruments
Engraving depicting a Peltier electrometer
Design for a pendulum clock. From Christiaan Huyghens
Astrolabe, 11th century
Thomas Mudge (1717-94) English horologist born
Assayer testing samples of gold or silver using
Telling time at night using a nocturnal. The hour
Artist's depiction of the difference in size between Earth ?
Illustration comparing the size of extrasolar planet ?
French Railway Alphabet - N
Military cartoon, He would be a Soldier
Standard Metre in the Petit Luxembourg, Paris
Triangulation with a hinged staff. From Sebastian
Using a plane table and hinged staff to measure
Public weighbridge used to weigh cattle in a market
All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Electricity
An engraving of a Saccharometer and assay jar
Patrick Cotter O'Brien, the Bristol Giant
Giant galvanometer (instrument for measuring small
Electroscope fitted with microscope, used in the
Resurrection of the dead and weighing of souls
Air thermoscope: Sanctorius (1651-1636) clinical
French grocer and druggist. In foreground a boy
Faraday's experiment. Electromagnetic induction:
JSC Samaraneftegaz
Calibr plant
Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate
Measuring the altitude of the sun with ring dials
16th century hourglass: 19th century
Hourglass. Engraving
Engraving depicting Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer
Engraving depicting Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer
A woodcut engraving depicting a man measuring corn
Find the Fault card No. 7
American soldiers sight through a rangefinder, circa 1942
Stationery, Men's Tailor Clothier and Hatter
Stationery, Men's Tailor Clothier and Hatter
Lord Rosse's great 72-inch (1.828m) diameter reflecting
Woman working with the electric wiring at
Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, circa 1942
Cross-staffs used for surveying: in this case
Using a cross-staff to measure the height of a
Finding the angular distance between two edges
Forms of astrolabe in use for surveying. Vignette
Using astrolabes to calculate the height of a
Weighing with a steelyard (right). From Gaultherus
George Simon Ohm (1787-1854), German physicist
Early 16th century life. March: Gardening. Noblewoman
June: A tournament. Early 16th century Flemish
Clepsydra (water clock) indicating hours and with
Evangelista Torricelli's (1608-1647) demonstration
Evangelista Torricelli inventing the mercury barometer
Two designs of barometer using mercury, circa
Edison's improved form of JW Trowbridge's electric
Experimental barometers used by the Accademia
Butter seller with balance to weigh her butter
Type of steelyard used in Roman times, showing
Artist's depiction of the size relationship between Earth ?
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