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Electricity: an electrometer attached to an electro-static generator. Engraving, 1769.

A doctor inserts a barometer, instead of a thermometer, in a patient's backside: his condition reads "Set fair". Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Humidity measurement, and details of a hygrometer. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Anatomical measurements, supine figure, Chinese woodcut

Measurements of the bones, back view, Chinese woodcut

Mensuration: a man using an inclinometer (?) and trigonometry to measure a water-tank (?) in a field. Engraving, ca.1760.

Science: a complex machine for determining the specific gravity of various substances, an observer in early eighteenth-century dress looks on. Engraving.

Acu-moxa aid: landmark measurements, Chinese MS, late Qing

Engraving: sphygmomanometer devised by S.S. von Basch, circa 1881.

A sheet of standard weights and measures in use during the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII. Engraving, 1746, probably by I. Basire, after a manuscript of c.1497.

Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

The principle of measurement, and examples of meters. Engraving.

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Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

Measurement: a pedometer. Engraving, [1661?].

Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

The principle of measurement, and examples of meters. Engraving.