Distance Measurement Collection

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)

Rocky Coastline, Pointe du Raz, Finistere, Brittany, France

Beach, Morlaix Bay, Finistere, Brittany, France

Rocky Coastline, Morlaix Bay, Finistere, Brittany, France

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, (1836). Artist: B Holl
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, (1836). Delambre (1749-1822) was Director of the Paris Observatory

Measuring the distance from ship to shore, using a quadrant marked with shadow-scales, 1598. From L usa della squadra mobile by Ottavius Fabri. (Venice, 1598)

Cross-staffs used for surveying, 1551. In this case they are being used to measure the width of a river by triangulation. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Measuring the distance of an inaccessible object by triangulation using a hinged staff, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Finding the angular distance between two edges of a wood using a cross-staff, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French astronomer and mathematician, in Finland, 1736, (1874). In 1736 Maupertuis (1698-1759)

Map of Palestine based on ancient authors, c1830
Map of Palestine showing distances in Roman miles, based on various ancient authors and the Jerusalem Itinerary. Engraving c1830

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