Measurement Collection (page 6)

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

Turkish Coin Card - small denominations
Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates

Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates

Clock of St Georges Church, Esher, Surrey
A close-up view of part of the clock of St Georges Church in Esher, Surrey. The clock dates from the late 16th or early 17th century

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

Captain Rostron watch face
The face of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly

Captain Rostron watch workings
The inner workings of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912

London Stone - Cannon Street. This celebrated stone, the origin of which is somewhat obscure, is now in the wall of St Swithins Church

Native American Indian Girl with conical head, 1863
Portrait of a native American Indian girl, who had a conical shaped skull, 1863. This girl was sketched from life and was found to have a measurement of 18 inches from her eyes to the top of her skull

Richard Greens Clock
Draught of a curious CLOCK in the possession of Mr Rich. Green of Litchfield

AN ABACUS
An abacus adding machine

Times & Tides Tablets
Built into the walls of Durleston Castle, Dorset, are several tablets on which are inscribed many clock times of the world, tidal times &c

Llangefri Clock Tower
This Neo-Gothic clock tower in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales, is a War Memorial to George Pritchard Rayner, who died at Bloemfontein Hospital (Boer War) in 1900. Unveiled 1902

Giant Sundial
A giant sundial, looking almost like a modern day satellite dish, on the outside of a private cottage at Seaton Ross, Yorkshire

Benson Watch Advert 1894
An advertisement for J.W. Bensons keyless brooch watches

Weighing Machine 1883
A little girl sits on a weighing machine on the London underground

Woman and Garden Sundial
A woman sits pensively in a garden with a sundial

Harrisons First
John Harrisons FIRST marine chronometer

Harrisons Second
John Harrisons SECOND marine chronometer made for George II

Clock / Clepsydra, C magne
The Clepsydra of Charlemagne (or water stealer ). A graduated vase was filled with liqued which stole through an aperture. The receding height marked the passage in hours

Santorios Balance C16
Santorio (b.1561) weighed himself for 24 hour periods and proved that weight gain or loss varied according to the type of food consumed

Harrisons Fourth
Harrisons number 4 timekeeper or chronometer for finding longitude

Time / Hourglass
A pulpit hourglass

A fantasy clockmaker, dressed up in a costume made of clocks and clockmaking equipment

CLOCK
Swedish Wall Clocks

A theodolite, used for surveying

Pascals Calculator
PASCAL Pascals calculating machine

Roman Scales & Weights
Roman scales and weights

1884 Greenaway Calendar
An 1884 calendar by Kate Greenaway

GRANDFATHERs CLOCK 1860
A grandfather sits next to a grandfather clock in a cosy room

Grandfather Clock C1883
A little girl watches the pendulum of an ornate grandfather clock

Milan Electric Clock
An electric clock at Milan railway station

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

A Young Clockmaker
Young Fred is the fourth in line as watch-repairer at the Fred W.Jensen shop. His Great- Grandfather proudly shows his aptitude and skill with clocks to all his customers!

C17 Ball Timekeeper
The FALLING BALL TIMEKEEPER has a central band which slowly rotates; the time is indicated by a pointing figure

C16 Alarm Watch
An early ALARM WATCH : the small inside dial regulates the alarm

C17 Striking Clock
A STRIKING CLOCK of the early 17th century : as the hours sound, the mans head moves and the animal at his feet jumps

C17 Table Clock
A TABLE CLOCK, of traditional octagonal design, combining practicality with ornament

Self-Adjusting Clepsydra
The SELF-ADJUSTING CLEPSYDRA is attributed to Ctesibius, a mechanical engineer of Alexandria, Egypt: the technology involves a dual action of tube and reservoir Date: circa 200 BC

Portable Sun Dial
Combined PORTABLE SUN-DIAL, with a compass so that it can be correctly oriented : made by Butterfield, an Englishman working in Paris

Pocket Sun Dial
The POCKET SUN-DIAL - a precursor of the pocket watch - let the suns light pass through a small hole to reach a dial marked on the inside rim

Early Sun Dial
An early British SUN DIAL of traditional design - a favourite garden ornament

C17 Clepsydra
A sophisticated form of CLEPSYDRA, in which the emptying of liquid causes a drum to rotate, which in turn causing the handles to move round the clock face

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

Natural Sundial, Settle
At Settle, Yorkshire, Castleberg Rock provides a natural sun-dial; its passing shadow, until the 18th century, was used by the residents to measure time

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Egyptian Clepsydra
The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one

Greek Hemicycle Dial
The GREEK HEMICYCLE DIAL is an early form of sundial, using the movement of a shadow to measure the passage of time

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