Height Collection

Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, 1815. 1815. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, 1815

German observers, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German observers, between c1915 and 1918. German soldiers, including two on a ladder and one using a binocular trench periscope during World War I

Measuring height of grain on government farm, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Measuring height of grain on government farm, 1916

Army, U.S. Physical Examination, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Physical Examination, 1917
Army, U.S. Physical Examination, 1917

Portrait of lady with high hairstyle, 1780s. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of lady with high hairstyle, 1780s

"The Diplomatic Corps 1867". Creator: Fritz von Dardel. "The Diplomatic Corps 1867"
"The Diplomatic Corps 1867"

Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant

Hop vine and hop picker, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hop vine and hop picker. Near Independence, Polk County, Oregon

Measuring Daikokus height, no. 5 from a series of 12 prints, c. 1708

High Straw Hat, c. 1936. Creator: Ernest A Towers Jr
High Straw Hat, c. 1936

Lady & Servant, 1870s. Creator: Unknown
Lady & Servant, 1870s

Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, 1805. 1805. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, 1805

Section of Route from Diarbekir to Sivas and Sivas to Sinope by Aneroid readings, c1915. Map showing the journeys, with altitude above sea level, of British writer

Uncle Sam, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Uncle Sam, 1901. Uncle Sam, the biggest Mountain Ash in the Black Spur region of Yarra Ranges National Park in the Central Highlands of Victoria. From " Federated Australia"

The Baron, a Noted Tall Tree, 1901. Creator: Unknown
" The Baron", a Noted Tall Tree, 1901. David Boyle named this tree growing at Sassafras Gully in the Dandenong Ranges after Baron Ferdinand von Mueller

Don t Ee Tipty-Toe!, c1870, (1936). Creator: Jules Breton
Don t Ee Tipty-Toe!, c1870, (1936). Measuring the height of children in ragged garments in barefeet by Jules Breton (1827-1906). From " Bibbys Annual 1936", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J

Erecting the Girders of a Huge New Store, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Erecting the Girders of a Huge New Store, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

Crane Men at Work on a New York Skyscraper, c1930. Creator: GPA
Crane Men at Work on a New York Skyscraper, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

A Riveting Hammer in Operation on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, c1930. Creator: Unknown
A Riveting Hammer in Operation on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

The Camera In The Workshop - Showing The Size Of The Plate Holder, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Camera In The Workshop - Showing The Size Of The Plate Holder, 1901. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI. February 1901-July 1901", by [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, 1901]

The Figure in Panyer Alley, 1897. Creator: Unknown
The Figure in Panyer Alley, 1897. A stone monument, near St Pauls Cathedral in London, shows a boy seated on an upturned basket (or panyer), with the inscription: When ye have sought the City Round

Map of the World showing Heights and Depths, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of the World showing Heights and Depths, 1902. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd. London, 1902]

Physical Map of the British Isles, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Physical Map of the British Isles, 1902. Highest points shown in red. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd. London, 1902]

Mother of family now migrants of Pacific coast, picking hops, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mother of family now migrants of Pacific coast. Were farm owners in Oklahoma until 1936. Picking hops. Polk County, Oregon

Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. A fireman perches at the top of an extendable ladder

Toddy palms 100 ft. tall, Pagan, Burma, 1907. Artists: Elmer Underwood, Bert Elias Underwood
Toddy palms 100 ft. tall, Pagan, Burma, 1907. From The Underwood Travel Library, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1907]

Don t ee Tipty Toe, c1870, (c1915). Artist: John Morgan
Don t ee Tipty Toe, c1870, (c1915). From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) and Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), c1780 (1894)
Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) and Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), c1780. Count Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) was a Polish-born dwarf who toured in European and Turkish courts

Steeplejacks on the spire of All Saints Church, Poplar, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Steeplejacks on the summit of St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Yosemite National Park, California, 19th century. Artist: Paul Huet
Yosemite National Park, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussacs hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Measuring the altitude of the Sun, 1539. From Cosmographia by Peter Apian. (Antwerp, 1539)

Using a cross-staff to measure the height of a tower, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Using astrolabes to calculate the height of a steeple, 1539. Artist: Petrus Apianus
Using astrolabes to calculate the height of a steeple, 1539. From Cosmographia, Peter Apian, Antwerp, 1539

Surveyors using quadrants to measure the height of a tower, c1617-c1619. Artist: Robert Fludd
Surveyors using quadrants to measure the height of a tower, 1617-c1619. Quadrants fitted with plumb bobs and marked with shadow scales to measure the height of a tower

Surveying and timekeeping, 1551. On the left are various different kinds of sundial and a clock with a single arm. On the right a survey is being made of the height of the tower, using quadrants

Surveying, 1551. Obtaining the height of a building by the use of a cross-staff. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation, 1551. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac making a balloon ascent from Paris, 14 September 1804 (1910). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist, physicist and balloonist, c1824. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) investigated the behaviour of gases and developed techniques of chemical analysis

Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870). Biot (1774-1864) and Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). Artist: Robert Brown
Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). In 1822 the French appointed a commission to find the speed of sound in air

Testing the cables on Brooklyn Bridge, c1900. Brooklyn Bridge, New York, opened 1883: E.F. Farrington, master mechanic, testing the first span of wire cables. Wood engraving c1900

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