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Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s
Tailoring toolsTools used in tailoring, including scissors, needle and thread, chalk, measuring tape, a ruler and a smoothing iron
Measuring up an end of Bowls, 1903Photograph showing the measuring from a jack during a game of bowls, Britain, 1903
Dandelion Clock & PrayerA dandelion clock is used as a metaphor for measuring your life by loss and not by gain
Measuring a GoldArchery is much favoured by Victorian females, who are seen here measuring their achievements
Rolls-Royce Clyde powered prototype Westland Wyvern TF2, VP120, during thrust measuring trials at Yeovil
Hogarth / Rakes / TailorThe Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes
Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, ScotlandObservatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Fort William, Scotland Date: 1908
Outdoor Curling Match on the ice at Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1907
Portable seismometer in use, 1973A modern model of Zhang Hengs apparatus for detecting earthquakes. The model is from the Science Museums collections
Chinese Pharmacy 1864Traditional Chinese dispensaries have changed little over time. Herbs are weighed out in daily doses, and patients receive bags of herbs to last the treatment. Date: 1864
Beerometer 1897 Date: 1897
A Sextant, 1912Illustration of a typical sextant, c.1912. Sextants are used by mariners and explorers to determine their position, by measuring the angle between the horizon and the sun. Date: 1912
Arab Astronomers / 1513Arab astronomers measuring angles between objects in space or on land
With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916
Curry&rice / DressmakersThe Colonels lady with native dressmakers ironing and measuring for a new outfit
Native Carpenters - India - using rules, planes and chisels. Date: circa 1903
Web measuring machine, linen production, Victorian period
Linen manufacture, Web measuring machine
Perching and measuring cloth in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
Ballestilla. 16th centuryBallestilla (Jacob's staff). Navigational instrument used to calculate the height of the sun and other celestial bodies over the horizon for use in nautical navigation. 16th century
Three men in a rowing boat dwarfed next to prow of a steamerThree men in a small rowing boat dwarfed by the massive prow of a large steamship at (likely) Liverpool Docks, Merseyside
RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instrumentsRMS Titanic - Anthony (Artie) Wood Frost was a member of the Harland & Wolff Titanic Guarantee Group, one of nine employees chosen to oversee the smooth running of Titanic's maiden voyage
RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-BennettRMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)
A Big Order, Measuring Mr Jumbo for a New Suit Date: 1930
Hemline RegulationsA female swimmer having the hemline of her bathing costume inspected at Palm Beach. Date: circa 1925
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Seismograph reading taken from the Omori Horizontal pendulum at Birmingham, showing the severity of the tremors during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
MEASURING ST BERNARDA girl stands on a pile of books to measure the height of her Saint Bernard, who submits patiently to the ordeal. Date: late 19th century
Old man measuring wheat Palestine, Israel, Holy LandVintage early 20th century photograph - old man measuring wheat Palestine, Israel, Holy Land
Whitworth workshop measuring machine. Date: 1871
Whitworth Millionth measuring machine. Date: 1855
Stationery, Mens Tailor Clothier and HatterStationery, Stephen Naylor, Mens Tailor Clothier and Hatter, Church Gates, Wisbeach (Wisbech), Cambridgeshire. 1833
Man as Machine. Registering the Heat-Energy of the BodyPage from The Illustrated London News demonstrating the calorimeter experiment at Sheffield University whereby a man is installed in a chamber In order to observe the heat generated by his body
Cartoon, Phrenology - a popular pseudo-science at the time. early 19th century
Case of Drawing InstrumentsCase of Foreign-Made Drawing Instruments. circa 1880s
Kitchen Utensils Date: 1954
Man Measuring Log
Mile-index for cabs 1847Patent mile-index, simple ingenious contrivance for measuring and indicating the distance travelled by wheel carriage, was invented and patented by H
Tea measuring machine 1909Sumerland & Co, tea measuring machine, with padlock. Date: 1909
GIRL WITH NEW DRESS 1905A little girl has a fitting for her new dress. Date: 1905
PARIS DRESSMAKERInterior of a dressmakers in Paris, showing a lady sitting while the shop assistants fetch, carry, cut up, and measure fabric. Date: circa 1760
MESASURE WEIGHT OF AIRBernouillis device for measuring the weight of air Date: 1685
MICROMETERSA micrometer and its mechanisms, designed for measuring very small distances, objects or angles Date: 1810
Hogarth - Rakes - TailorThe Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes Date: 1735
Advert for head measuring band for hats 1880Mail order service - head-measuring band for hats from Henry Heath, Hat Manufacturer Date: 1880
Measuring equipment, kitchen scales, letter balance and other items for weighing Date: circa 1900
Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the NetherlandsTransporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. Date: 1920s