Measure Collection (#10)

No free to be different
Victoria Glinka

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You really need a diet, friend!
Victoria Glinka

Rope seller in a bazaar (Iran)
Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia

More hot and spicy
Victoria Glinka

The chicken or the egg?
Victoria Glinka

Old tools
Christophe Verot

A study with free fall
Dina Belenko

Sugar substitute
Victoria Glinka

What are you looking at?! Or crazy Mr. Scissors
Victoria Glinka

Protecting the housewife. Weights and measures testing department of the LCC. Testing scales and weights. Thousands are brought to this office each year to be tested

Timbering up the deep trenches in Birkenhead Park. The shelters will have seats along each side and be covered with loose earth. Birkenhead, Merseyside, 28th September 1938

Singer Slim Witman. A201-002

Singer Slim Witman. A201-004

Singer Slim Witman. A201-005

Singer Slim Witman. A201

Chemist dispensary. October 1949 P005213

Abstract Machine with Gauges and Knobs

Measuring Cup of Milk

David Lloyd-George denouncing the measures to make the control of religious teaching to the parish and not to the County Council. Date: 1902

Astronomers Using Astrolabes Date: 1450

General Post by J E Harold Terry
Date: 1917

PARIS DRESSMAKER
Interior of a dressmakers in Paris, showing a lady sitting while the shop assistants fetch, carry, cut up, and measure fabric. Date: circa 1760

SANTORIOS BALANCE
Italian physician Santorio, believing that health is related to bodily intake and excretion, takes his meals on a balance to measure the increase of his body weight Date: 1561 - 1626

Hogarth - Rakes - Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes Date: 1735

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ENGLAND, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Wind-sock for indicating wind strength and direction on Southsea seafront

Bembridge Yacht Club - Club House
Bembridge Yacht Club, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - The Club House. Date: 1913

Tailoring. Miniature in Tacuinum sanitatis, illuminated manuscript of the late 14th century

Onions being sold at a farmers market, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Tailor
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Tailor. Miniature. Fol

Arabian flat astrolabe from 10th century. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galileo Museum. Proc: SPAIN

Man in Khaki - instructions for knitting socks, WW1
Instruction sheet contained within the Man in Khaki sock knitting kit, which also came with a sock measure to ensure uniformity from knitters who were making socks for soldiers during the First World

Thermometer with wooden case, circa 1870 C017 / 0748
Medical thermometer with wooden case. This thermometer is English and dates from around 1870

Economy in fuel led to the adoption of the hay box, aka straw box, fireless cooker, insulation cooker, wonder oven or retained-heat cookers being used during World War I

Two men measure the length of a dead stranded whale. After a late 16th century print

Beetle and Calipers

Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements, 18th century
Collection of Surveying tools and methods for measurements

Diagram explaining the differing lengths of the day. Dated 18th Century

Illustration of an astronomical quadrant, an instrument used to measure angles up to 90 degrees. Dated 18th Century

Battle Milvian Bridge Audran Gerard 1640-1703
Battle at the Milvian Bridge, Audran, Gerard, 1640-1703, after Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690, Etching and engraving, 1666, This print is comprised of three separate sheets

Saint John Takes Rod Measure Temple London England
Saint John Takes the Rod to Measure the Temple; London (probably), England; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9)

The Meridian Circle At Leyden Or Leiden, Holland. From The National Encyclopaedia, Published C. 1890
The Meridian Circle At Leyden Or Leiden, Holland. From The National Encyclopaedia, Published C.1890

Four Different Remontoire Escapement Systems By Four Different Clock Makers Identified In The Picture. De Lafon, Massey, Mendham, Prior

Repeating Watch. From The Cyclopaedia Or Universal Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences And Literature By Abraham Rees, Published London 1820

Equation Clock By Enderlin. From The Cyclopaedia Or Universal Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences And Literature By Abraham Rees, Published London 1820

A Musical Watch By The Clockmaker Recordon. From The Cyclopaedia Or Universal Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences And Literature By Abraham Rees, Published London 1820

Eight Different Escapement Systems By Eight Different Clock Makers Identified In The Picture. Berthoud, Smeaton, De Bethune, Amant, Harrison, Cumming, Mudge, Peter Le Roy

A Thirty Hour Clock With Alarm And Count Wheel Striking Work. From The Cyclopaedia Or Universal Dictionary Of Arts, Sciences And Literature By Abraham Rees, Published London 1820

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Measure the depths of society's vices, as Hogarth did in Gin Lane and Beer Street. From drinking and intemperance to the bustling dressmakers workshop, every aspect has its own measure. Even on motorways, traffic cones guide us with precision. A household thermometer measures comfort or discomfort within our homes. Witness the strength of teamwork as a Douglas Dakota picks up a glider in Normandy during World War II - an extraordinary feat measured by courage and determination. Beware of speed cameras that measure our adherence to rules on the road. In Penzance, UK, old people find joy in measuring their skills through bowls, embracing leisurely competition. Bank notes tell stories of French alarmists while poor John Bull suffers the consequences. And let's not forget about simplicity; a cover design from Simplicity Sewing Book reminds us that sometimes less is more when it comes to measurement.