Measuring Collection (page 4)

I m in love with my Tailor (2/2) A woman with a definite crush on her tailor, asks him to move his measuring tape a little higher please ! Date: circa 1910s

Crown Prince Wilhelm studying a map, WW1
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst (1882-1951), the last Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia. Seen here with one of his army officers, studying a map during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Surveying in Afghanistan
A mile-measuring machine (perambulator) being used by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Date: circa 1884

Stoneworkers Tools 18Th
Various tools including pickaxes, hammers and measuring instruments used by stoneworkers and masons in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Surveyor at work with a theodolite
A surveyor at work with a theodolite level

Met Police officer in a London park
A Metropolitan Police officer on duty in a London park holds up his right hand to stop a motorist. He is holding a small machine in his left hand, possibly used for measuring speed of travel

Traffic Accident Investigation officers at work
Met Police Traffic Accident Investigation officers measuring distances on the road to determine speed and braking distance

Grading Walnuts - California, USA
Grading Walnuts with a grading machine - California, USA

Making of the standard International Metre
The making of the standard International Metre in France

Being measured for a new car / W Heath Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The Monotype Caster Room at a Printing Works
The Monotype Caster Room at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. The Gentleman holding the clipboard is recording the results of a production time study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

Sponge, nuts and fig Sellers - turkey
Itinerant street vendors of Sponges, Figs and Nuts in Constantinople, Turkey

Two engineers using a measurement device
Two engineers use a precise measuring device to correctly ascertain the width of a circular metal ring. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Woman looks through sextant on board a boat
A woman wearing shorts and a beanie hat peers through a sextant on the deck of a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Chinese peasant pushing wooden tool, possibly for farming
Undated illustration of Chinese peasant pushing wooden tool, possibly for farming, with dog (Dadley, London, Sculpt). HPG/8/2/1 (xxxiv)

Measuring the current of a large electronic device
A man measures the current running through a large electronic device, possibly an early computer or exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Horse-Power
A new apparatus recently adopted by the licensing authorities for testing the horse-power of motor cars. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

A hospice for sick children
A group of nurses weigh the sickly children at a French hospice

Good measure by Merlin Enabnit
Blonde, voluptuous pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing a red swimming costume and holding a measuring tape. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Replica Swedish Ten-Daler Coin, 1937
Photograph of a replica of an old Swedish Ten-Daler piece, measuring about 1 ft. by 2 ft. Made of copper, this coin weighed about 44 lbs

Measuring Cloth
Photograph showing a woman measuring out enough fabric to make her own nightgown

Measuring Rainfall
A man in a suit crouches down to measure rainfall on a London rooftop

Policeman and Beat Wheel
Policeman with a beat wheel measuring the distance of walking a beat Metropolitan Police

Ayrton and Perry
Portrait engravings of Professor William Ayrton and Professor John Perry, electrical engineers. Ayrton held the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy

Science / Pascal
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662), French scientist and philosopher. Measuring atmospheric pressure on the tower of Saint-Jacques-la- Boucherie, Paris

NILOMETER
The nilometer at Kihira - one of several measuring devices installed at various locations in Egypt to record the depth of the river

Effect of the San Francisco earthquake
Effect of the earthquake on a typical frame house. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale

Large clouds of smoke from the spreading fires. The aftermat
Fires spreading through San Francisco, completing the ruin of the city. The business distract was completely devastated, with only the steel structures of modern buildings still standing

At the Chemist / 1870
Unwell customers wait for the pharmacist to measure them out their medicine in this chemists shop

Shop Assistant 1883
A shop-girl

Surveying with a Compass
Surveying with a mounted compass

Weighing & Measuring
Medieval depiction of weighing and measuring, Sweden

LA Perouse at Easter I
Officers from the expedition measure the statues while the islanders pilfer their belongings

SHOEMAKERs SHOP 1875
A shoemaker and shoe repairers shop and workshop, with two well-heeled lady customers admiring a display of shoes and boots

A theodolite, used for surveying

Paquin / Couturier / Fantasi
PAQUIN Prince of the French couturiers

Cannon Balls 18C
Measuring and transporting cannon balls

Tailors Workshop
A busy tailors workshop

Weighing the Earth C1936
A gravity-measuring device which can measure the weight of the earth

Tailor Measuring / 1770
A tailor measures the length of a gentlemans coat with a tape measure while his colleagues sew; the cat is very interested in a plate of fish brought in by a boy

Nilometer (Mayer) 1802
The Nilometer at Cairo

Extravagant Styles
Coiffeurs at work on an extravagant hair style : a contemporary satire on the fashionable excesses of the late 18th century

Boy Measures Girl 1884
A boy in a sailor suit measures his younger sisters height against markings on the wall

At the Dressmaker 1895
A woman at the dressmakers stands in her chemise while the dressmaker takes some measurements

Measuring Applicants
A steward measures three goats to see if they will do as footmen to his master

Futuristic automated tailoring establishment
A futuristic automated tailoring establishment, where the equipment does all (or most of) the work

Measuring Bricks
Raising and measuring bricks

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