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Background imageMeasuring Collection: Improvised sounding tackle, Antarctica, 1911-1912

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth

A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735

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

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory', 1918. Creator: Clarke & Sherwell

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory', 1918. Creator: Clarke & Sherwell
Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory', 1918

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Save Ships', 1918. Creator: Clarke & Sherwell

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Save Ships', 1918. Creator: Clarke & Sherwell
Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Save Ships', 1918

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Electro-ballistic apparatus for measuring the speed of cannon-shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Architecture, 1747. Creator: Louis Fabritius Dubourg

Architecture, 1747. Creator: Louis Fabritius Dubourg
Architecture, 1747

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Design for the decorative arts and sciences on the Noordermarkt, 1795. Creator: Anon

Design for the decorative arts and sciences on the Noordermarkt, 1795. Creator: Anon
Design for the decorative arts and sciences on the Noordermarkt, 1795. Minerva sitting in the clouds with plumbline (equality) above a wreath and fire labelled Nature and Reason'

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Male bath, 1750-1850. Creators: Anon, Martinet Hautecoeur

Male bath, 1750-1850. Creators: Anon, Martinet Hautecoeur
Male bath, 1750-1850. Swimming pool or bathhouse with men in the water. On the right, a man with a thermometer measures the temperature of the bath water

Background imageMeasuring Collection: 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. 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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton

Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton, 18 Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton, 1856. Ceremony at the Royal Victoria Hospital

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Target Practice - Range Finding Device, 1913. Creator: Unknown

Target Practice - Range Finding Device, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Target Practice - Range Finding Device, 1913

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Target Practice - Range Finder at Work, 1913. Creator: Unknown

Target Practice - Range Finder at Work, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Target Practice - Range Finder at Work, 1913

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Chief 1913-1934

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Chief 1913-1934

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Chief 1913-1934

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Charles Frederick Marvin, Chief, Weather Bureau, 1913. Chief 1913-1934

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Learning dressmaking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Learning dressmaking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Learning dressmaking, 1904

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Class in outdoor geometry, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Class in outdoor geometry, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Class in outdoor geometry, 1904

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Pewter Pitcher, 1936. Creator: Alfred Nason

Pewter Pitcher, 1936. Creator: Alfred Nason
Pewter Pitcher, 1936

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

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

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Draw children, to later support the industrial honour of the French Republic: Sketch for... 1879

Draw children, to later support the industrial honour of the French Republic: Sketch for... 1879
Draw children, to later support the industrial honour of the French Republic: Sketch for the drawing room of the boys school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1879

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measure with Handle, 1936. Creator: Anna Aloisi

Measure with Handle, 1936. Creator: Anna Aloisi
Measure with Handle, 1936

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series... About 1803

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series... About 1803
Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku), Japan, About 1803

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Pa. German Graduated Measure, c. 1939. Creator: Amelia Tuccio

Pa. German Graduated Measure, c. 1939. Creator: Amelia Tuccio
Pa. German Graduated Measure, c. 1939

Background imageMeasuring Collection: A survey group with instruments on the right bank of the Zeya River, 1909

A survey group with instruments on the right bank of the Zeya River, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
A survey group with instruments on the right bank of the Zeya River, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The moment of measuring the water level at the Inorogda hydrometric station, 1909

The moment of measuring the water level at the Inorogda hydrometric station, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
The moment of measuring the water level at the Inorogda hydrometric station, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measuring shell money-Tolowa, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Measuring shell money-Tolowa, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Measuring shell money-Tolowa, c1923. Man holding string of shells

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers, wearing suits and hats, and a dog, posing in a row with surveyors transits on tripods and measuring rods

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measurements of the Zeya River by a survey party, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov

Measurements of the Zeya River by a survey party, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
Measurements of the Zeya River by a survey party, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The moment of taking measurements of the river depth from a boat, 1909

The moment of taking measurements of the river depth from a boat, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
The moment of taking measurements of the river depth from a boat, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Carrying out leveling on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov

Carrying out leveling on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
Carrying out leveling on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle... Fort Story, Va. 1942

Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle... Fort Story, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle of splash in sea-target practice, Fort Story, Va

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Beached Whale, 1598. Creator: Jacob Matham

Beached Whale, 1598. Creator: Jacob Matham
Beached Whale, 1598

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Stoneware Jar, 1941. Creator: Lon Cronk

Stoneware Jar, 1941. Creator: Lon Cronk
Stoneware Jar, 1941

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Stoneware Quart Jar, 1941. Creator: Lon Cronk

Stoneware Quart Jar, 1941. Creator: Lon Cronk
Stoneware Quart Jar, 1941

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measuring Daikokus height, no. 5 from a series of 12 prints, c. 1708

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series 'Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu)

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu)
The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series " Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)", c. 1793

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Decilitre Measure, Caen, 1875 / 1895. Creator: Maison Le Seigneur Deverre

Decilitre Measure, Caen, 1875 / 1895. Creator: Maison Le Seigneur Deverre
Decilitre Measure, Caen, 1875/1895

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Double Centilitre Measure, Caen, 1875 / 1895. Creator: Maison Le Seigneur Deverre

Double Centilitre Measure, Caen, 1875 / 1895. Creator: Maison Le Seigneur Deverre
Double Centilitre Measure, Caen, 1875/1895

Background imageMeasuring Collection: God Vishnu Measures the Universe in Three Strides (Trivikrama), About 12th century

God Vishnu Measures the Universe in Three Strides (Trivikrama), About 12th century

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Copper Measuring Cup, c. 1938. Creator: Wilford H. Shurtliff

Copper Measuring Cup, c. 1938. Creator: Wilford H. Shurtliff
Copper Measuring Cup, c. 1938

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Vinegar Measure, 1939. Creator: Clarence Secor

Vinegar Measure, 1939. Creator: Clarence Secor
Vinegar Measure, 1939

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Creator: NASA

Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Creator: NASA
Instrumentation in B-29, 1944. Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Access biofuels flight tests, USA. Creator: NASA

Access biofuels flight tests, USA. Creator: NASA
Access biofuels flight tests, USA. Highly modified Douglas DC-8 jetliner, (manufactured 1958-1972), used by NASA as a flying science laboratory

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Pint Measure with Double C Handle, England, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Pint Measure with Double C Handle, England, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Pint Measure with Double C Handle, England, 19th century

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Beaker (Passglas), Rhineland, 1600 / 25. Creator: Unknown

Beaker (Passglas), Rhineland, 1600 / 25. Creator: Unknown
Beaker (Passglas), Rhineland, 1600/25

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Plumb Line and Board, 1939. Creator: Walter Praefke

Plumb Line and Board, 1939. Creator: Walter Praefke
Plumb Line and Board, 1939

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measure Cup, c. 1940. Creator: Charles Henning

Measure Cup, c. 1940. Creator: Charles Henning
Measure Cup, c. 1940

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Spreading calipers used by Dr. Montague Cobb, mid 20th century. Creator: Unknown

Spreading calipers used by Dr. Montague Cobb, mid 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Physician and physical anthropologist William Montague Cobb (1904-1990) was the first African-American Ph.D in anthropology. He was also involved in civil rights activism

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Gravure en Taille Douce: suite de la pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta

Gravure en Taille Douce: suite de la pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Taille Douce: suite de la pl. I, 1771/1779. [Intaglio engraving]

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta

Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. I, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. I, 1771/1779. [Wood engraving, tools]

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Antoine Coyzevox, 1708. Creator: Jean Audran

Antoine Coyzevox, 1708. Creator: Jean Audran
Antoine Coyzevox, 1708

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. II, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta

Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. II, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Antonio Baratta
Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. II, 1771/1779. [Wood engraving, tools]

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measure, c. 1940. Creator: Hester Duany

Measure, c. 1940. Creator: Hester Duany
Measure, c. 1940

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Silver Caster, c. 1938. Creator: Hester Duany

Silver Caster, c. 1938. Creator: Hester Duany
Silver Caster, c. 1938

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Road Level, 1938. Creator: Ethel Dougan

Road Level, 1938. Creator: Ethel Dougan
Road Level, 1938

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Jigger measuring cup from Lyons Hall, after 1907. Creator: Cambridge Silver

Jigger measuring cup from Lyons Hall, after 1907. Creator: Cambridge Silver
This a jigger shaped like a gavel. The jigger has narrow cup with two lines around the outside indicating the measurement of liquid. The cup has lip on left edge

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measure, c. 1941. Creator: Frank Budash

Measure, c. 1941. Creator: Frank Budash
Measure, c. 1941

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The Draughtsman of the Lute. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer

The Draughtsman of the Lute. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Draughtsman of the Lute.n.d

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The Cobbler (Le Savetier), ca. 1632-33. Creator: Abraham Bosse

The Cobbler (Le Savetier), ca. 1632-33. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Cobbler (Le Savetier), ca. 1632-33

Background imageMeasuring Collection: The Shoemaker, 1632-33. Creator: Abraham Bosse

The Shoemaker, 1632-33. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Shoemaker, 1632-33

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Woman Folding Cloth, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai

Woman Folding Cloth, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Woman Folding Cloth, late 18th-early 19th century

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893. ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon

Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893. ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon
Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893

Background imageMeasuring Collection: L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698. Creator

L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698. Creator
L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Eight Bells, 1887. Creator: Winslow Homer

Eight Bells, 1887. Creator: Winslow Homer
Eight Bells, 1887

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Labor, 1591. Creator: Raphael Sadeler

Labor, 1591. Creator: Raphael Sadeler
Labor, 1591

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Diploma for the Freemasons of Bordeaux, after Francois Boucher, 1766

Diploma for the Freemasons of Bordeaux, after Francois Boucher, 1766

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Two Seated Men with Calipers, T-Square, and Compass, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown

Two Seated Men with Calipers, T-Square, and Compass, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown
Two Seated Men with Calipers, T-Square, and Compass, 1870s-80s

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon

Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon
Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Measurement of Left Middle Finger, ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon

Measurement of Left Middle Finger, ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon
Measurement of Left Middle Finger, ca. 1893

Background imageMeasuring Collection: A Little Bigger, May 18, 1791. May 18, 1791. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

A Little Bigger, May 18, 1791. May 18, 1791. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Little Bigger, May 18, 1791

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

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

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Weighing, January 1, 1799. January 1, 1799. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Weighing, January 1, 1799. January 1, 1799. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Weighing, January 1, 1799

Background imageMeasuring Collection: A Little Bigger, May 18, 1819. May 18, 1819. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

A Little Bigger, May 18, 1819. May 18, 1819. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Little Bigger, May 18, 1819

Background imageMeasuring Collection: Stock, from Worlds Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Stock, from Worlds Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888



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