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Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. Creator: UnknownTaking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. 'The navigation of this great river, which, below the confluence of the Punjaub "five rivers"...has yet a further course of five
Clearing up volcanic ashes, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: UnknownClearing up volcanic ashes, between c1900 and c1930
Gipsometricheskai?a? karta Rossi¯i?skoi? Imperi¯i : (opyt izobrazheni¯i?a? rel'efa Imperi¯i), (1912)Gipsometricheskai?a? karta Rossi¯i?skoi? Imperi¯i : (opyt izobrazheni¯i?a? rel'efa Imperi¯i), (1912?). Relief and depths shown by gradient tints. Also shows railroads. In Russian. Pulkovo (St)
Map of Baikal, a Sea, a Lake, or an Angara Gap, Located in the Irkutsk Province... 1814. Creator: UnknownMap of Baikal, a Sea, a Lake, or an Angara Gap, Located in the Irkutsk Province with All the Neighboring [Territory], Whose Mathematical Measurements were Completed and it Became Fully Known in 1806
Karta Ledovitago mori?a? i Vostochnago okeana, 1844. Creator: UnknownKarta Ledovitago mori?a? i Vostochnago okeana, 1844. Depths shown by soundings in coastal waters. Also covers Russian Far East and Alaska
The moment of taking measurements of the river depth from a boat, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich FedorovThe moment of taking measurements of the river depth from a boat, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife
Map of the World showing Heights and Depths, 1902. Creator: UnknownMap of the World showing Heights and Depths, 1902. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd. London, 1902]
View of the nilometer, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas MiltonView of the nilometer, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Nilometers were ancient devices for measuring the annual inundation of the Nile
Improvised sounding tackle, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole on 14th December 1911
Heaving the lead, 18th century (c1890-c1893)Heaving the lead, 18th century, 1890-1893. A sailor measuring the depth of the water. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume I
Surveying, early 17th century. Method of using a quadrant fitted with a plumb line and marked with shadow scales to measure the depth of a well. From Utriusque cosmi... historia by Robert Fludd
Geometric Roman floor mosaic with a depth illusion, from Munich
Nilometer on the island of Roda, Cairo, Egypt, c1895. The annual flooding of the Nile was historically vitally important to Egypt because it governed the fertility of the soil