Measured Collection

Map / Afghanistan C1860S
Map of Afghanistan and Beluchistan (note camel routes are measured in days, not miles)

Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Boys in the swimming bath at Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham. The pool measured 50 feet by 20 feet. Date: circa 1903

With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1
A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Timing a Motor Cycle
Timing a motor cycle : when the machine crosses beams from photo-electric cella at the start and finish of the run, the time is measured. (In fact, the beam is invisible.)

Giant of Trapani
The skeleton of this huge gentleman was found at Trapani, Sicily, by Boccatio. He measured 400 feet (121m) though this would not be anatomically possible

The line into Leicester Station
Section showing the line into Leicester Station as at 17 Jul 1832 when the L&S Railway was opened and also showing the gradient for the extension whilst still under construction

1911 Census - John Bull being measured
Front cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911

SHOE SHOP INTERIOR
The interior of a shoe shop, with shoes made by hand. A boy has his feet measured while his mother looks on. Date: circa 1895

LONG WORM
A tapeworm taken from a patient in Paris by Dr Nicolas ?Antry on 9th June 1698 which measured 4 fathoms long before it broke off! Date: 1698

Hogarth - Rakes - Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes Date: 1735

Old man in shabby suit
An old man in a shabby suit leans (perhaps unwittingly) against an advertisement for Burton tailoring: Let Burton Dress You

LCC (LFB) Stores and Clothing Depot, Elgin Avenue, W9
London firefighters from the Kensington sub-station (12W) Lonsdale Road School, attending the London County Councils stores and clothing depot in Elgin Avenue, W9, to be kitted out with uniforms

GNOMON
The GNOMON of the ancient Babylonians : time is measured by how long it takes for the columns shadow to move from one point to the next

Susi - having her height measured - just over ten inches. 1950s

Policewomen recruits measured for height, London
Policewomen recruits in civilian clothes being measured for height by a woman police officer (possibly Inspector Alice B Clayden). Another woman police officer watches from behind a desk

German Dressmakers 1900
An upper class woman being measured for a new dress in a fashion house in the days when doorknocker hairstyles were in vogue. Date: circa 1900

Dressmaker 1827
A young woman looks at her reflection in the mirror behind her while she is measured for a new dress. Date: 1827

New LFB recruit being measured for uniform
A new LFB recruit being measured for his uniform

Height measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his height measured by a senior instructor, Station Officer Butt. The brigade minimum is 5 feet 7 inches in stockinged feet

Chest measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his chest measured by A D O Packer, commandant of the Training School. The brigade minimum is 36 inches with a two-inch expansion

Measuring Hop Yield
The hop yield is measured. Date: 1906

LCC-LFB AFS volunteer measured for uniform, WW2
A volunteer for the newly formed AFS being kitted out with his uniform. The Service was created in 1938 to supplement the regular firefighters on the home front, to tackle fires from bombing raids

Bleriot / Sitting / Bust / 09
LOUIS BLERIOT being measured for a bust by the Russian sculptor Bernstamm of the Musee Grevin Date: August 1909

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

Tunisia - Wigmakers Boutique
A wigmakers Boutique with a customer being measured for his toupee

The largest photograph ever taken in 1907
The largest single photograph produced in 1907. The negative measured seven inches wide and six feet long. At the moment of exposure the film moved at 20 to 80 inches per second

Don
Charming illustration by John Morgan (1823-1885) first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1885 showing two small children being measured in height by an older sibling

the fires that spread across the city of San Francisco from
The conflagration which swept across the city from the harbour shore. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale

A burning street after the San Francisco earthquake
A burning street in San Francisco, a few men try to reach their offices to salvage what they can. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale

Unplumbable Depths
The sea off the Norwegian coast is so deep that its depth cannot be measured by our plumb-lines

Boy at Tailors Shop
A young boy in a sailor blouse is measured for a new outfit. His mother, in a fox fur stole, looks on. Tailors sit cross legged on a table while another cuts cloth

Lamp Timekeeper
The LAMP TIMEKEEPER is used by Felipe II of Spain, and his contemporaries, to mark time at night, the level of liquid dropping slowly through the night, measured against marks

Roman Polos
The ancient Roman POLOS, or HELIOTROPION, is a staff standing in a basin, time being measured by the movement of the shadow from one point to another

Candle Timer
King Alfred is credited with the invention use of CANDLES as timekeepers, time being measured by how long it takes for the candle to burn from one mark to the next

Wick Timekeeper
WICK TIMEKEEPER of the ancient Chinese and Japanese : time is measured by how long it takes for the smouldering wick to burn from one knot to the next

Water Clock Egypt
Egyptian water clock : the passage of time was measured by water gradually emptying from the bowl through a hole

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