Measures Collection (page 3)

The General Strike - peeling potatoes in Hyde Park
A Snap-Shot of Striketime Society: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther peeling potatoes in Hyde Park. Front cover of The Sketch emergency issue produced during the General Strike

The General Strike - a food convoy
Armoured convoy leaving Hyde Park at daybreak during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike
Cartoon sketch of a society lady helping out during the General Strike, accompanied by her pet poodle. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

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

British Water-filter cart
A British water-filter cart being filled from a river. Ensuring troops remained free of disease was a pressing concern during World War I, and preventative measures against water-borne bacteria

Guarding London against Cholera
A photograph showing the authorities inspecting canal barges. As a result of a serious outbreak of cholera in Russia, European countries took stringent measures to prevent the spread of the disease

Grocery Shop Rations
A shopkeeper measures out a weeks rations on his weighing scales. During World War Two, planning a familys meals often depended upon what an individual shop had in stock

Laser Anemometer 1968
This experiment measures how much light from a laser beam can pass through the water in the glass tube when the water moves at different speeds

Capitalist & Insurance
The Enterprising American Capitalist can afford to ignore safety measures - hes fully insured !

Cruikshank / Regent Street
A fashionable London tailor measures a client

Brush Maker 1827
The brush maker making hair brushes, carpet brooms and mops. He also makes wooden coal hods and measures for coal and corn

John Whitehurst
JOHN WHITEHURST horologist, and writer on weights and measures : Fellow of the Royal Society

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

Lord Morpeth / Health Bill
SANATORY MEASURES. LORD MORPETH THROWING PEARLS BEFORE - ALDERMEN Morpeths bills, to be passed as the Public Health Act 1848, initially encounter opposition

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

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

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

Religion / Egypt / Khnum 2
The ram-god KHNUM is the creator of life, which he does on his potters wheel, while Thoth measures the span of the persons life

Pyne - Wardmote Inquest
WARDMOTE INQUEST Each London ward has an inspector, whose job is to check the weights and measures used by market traders and the like, to prevent cheating

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