Measurement Collection

Procavia capensis (Rock hyrax or dassie), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Procavia capensis (Rock hyrax or dassie), 1777-1786

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

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member using compasses and parallel rulers to plot the course of the SS Knivsberg through the South China Sea

A hobby, c1930, (1945). Winston Churchill building a wall at his home, Chartwell. From Winston Churchill: His Life in Pictures, by Ben Tucker. [Sagall Press, Ltd. London, 1945]

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Apparatus invented by Major Navez, of the Belgian Artillery

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

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778

Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell's Zebra), 1790. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell's Zebra), 1790

Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Cape Bergzebra (Equus Zebra Zebra); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Philantomba monticola (Blue duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Philantomba monticola (Blue duiker), 1777-1786

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker), 1777-1786

Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer), 1777-1786. Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), at a rocky height; with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Pelea capreolus (Grey rhebok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Pelea capreolus (Grey rhebok), 1777-1786

Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786

Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok), 1777-1786

Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Oerebi ooi (Ourbia Ourbi); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Ourebia ourebi (Oribi), 1777-1786. Oerebi (Ourbia Ourbi): Ram and Ooi; with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck; male), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Redunca arundinum (Southern reedbuck; male), 1777-1786

Oryx gazella (Gemsbok), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Oryx gazella (Gemsbok), 1777-1786. According to Gordon wrongly called Cape Gemsbok; with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton, 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton, 1779

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), 1779

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe); with left a Khoikhoi as Scale Model, 1779. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe); with left a Khoikhoi as Scale Model, 1779

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1773-1780

Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Suricata suricatta (Meerkats), 1777-1786

Genetta tigrina (Cape genet), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Genetta tigrina (Cape genet), 1777-1786. Genetkat (Genetta Tigrina), donated by Governor Ryk Tulbagh in 1759 to the Menagerie of Stadholder Willem V; Set up

Barometers for life-boat stations, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Barometers for life-boat stations, 1860. Public attention has frequently been called to the invaluable use of a barometer for indicating a coming storm

Himantopus himantopus ? (Black-winged stilt), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Himantopus himantopus ? (Black-winged stilt), 1777-1786

Grus carunculatus/ Bugeranus carunculatus (Wattled crane, 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon)
Grus carunculatus/ Bugeranus carunculatus (Wattled crane, 1777-1786

Geronticus calvus (Southern bald ibis), c.1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Geronticus calvus (Southern bald ibis), c.1778

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork or Wood stork), c.1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork or Wood stork), c.1778

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork), 1778

Afrotis afra (Southern black korhaan), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Afrotis afra (Southern black korhaan), 1778

Struthio camelus (Common ostrich), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Struthio camelus (Common ostrich), 1777-1786

Creatophora cinerea (Wattled starling), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Creatophora cinerea (Wattled starling), 1777-1786

Hieraaetus pennatus (Booted eagle), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hieraaetus pennatus (Booted eagle), 1777-1786

Aquila verreauxii (Verreaux's eagle), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Aquila verreauxii (Verreaux's eagle), 1777-1786

Map of Brabant, 1631. Creator: Willem Blaeu
Map of Brabant, 1631. Map of the Duchy of Brabant. At the bottom right the scale in German miles. Bottom left the title between sphinxes, above it the coat of arms and woman with staff

Map of Noord-Holland and part of Friesland, 1726-1750. Creator: Anon
Map of Noord-Holland and part of Friesland, 1726-1750. At the bottom right the title cartouche with figures around it including a man with a horse, satyrs, putti

The milestone or ban pole at Halfweg, 1780. Creator: Jacques Kuyper
The milestone or ban pole at Halfweg, 1780. Stone distance marker at Halfweg (halfway)

View of Table Mountain at Blaricum, with Craayloos Bosch on the left, c.1795. Creator: Jacob Cats
View of Table Mountain at Blaricum, with Craayloos Bosch on the left, c.1795. In the 17th century, a stone orientation table was installed on the Tafelberg, a man-made hill

Map of Eierland and West-Vlieland, 1688 or later. Creator: Anon
Map of Eierland and West-Vlieland, 1688 or later. At the top right: scale of 800 rods Rijnlantsche size. At the bottom right the title

Map of East-Vlieland and West-Terschelling, 1688 or later. Creator: Anon
Map of East-Vlieland and West-Terschelling, 1688 or later. At the bottom right the title with a scale of 900 Rijnlantse rods above it

Map of Den Helder and part of Texel with the intervening Marsdiep, in or after 1688. Creator: Anon
Map of Den Helder and part of Texel with the intervening Marsdiep, in or after 1688. Scale of 500 Rijnlantse rods. Orientation: the north left

Hattem fortress map, c.1650-c.1799. Creator: Anon
Hattem fortress map, c.1650-c.1799. Key on the right; underneath a scale: range of 50 rods

Map of Elburg, c.1650-c.1799. Creator: Anon
Map of Elburg, c.1650-c.1799. Key on the right; underneath a scale: range of 50 rods

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