Measuring-instruments posters & prints

Magnetometer Unknown

William Wollaston's reflecting goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals, 1874 Unknown

Magnetometer Unknown

Engraving Illustration of Weather Measuring Instruments Anonymous

Method of measuring angles with a cross-staff, 1636 Unknown

Surveying, early 17th century Unknown

Colorimeter, after a design by Labilliardiere with modifications by Salleron, 1871 Unknown

Dip circle Unknown

Takyuddin and other astronomers at the Galata observatory founded in 1557 by Sultan Suleyman Turkish School

Thales of Miletus Nicolaes de Clerck

Surveying, early 17th century Unknown

Rulers Anonymous

Thomas Edison's improved form of JW Trowbridge's electric dynamometer, 1879 Unknown

Radiometers and otheoscopes Anonymous

Illustration of Tangent Galvanometer Anonymous

Quadrant for Stellar Measurements Anonymous

Plate measuring microscope, 1895 Unknown

Man with rule Pieter Kikkert

An orchestra rehearsal, c. 1920 Pompeo Massani

An otheoscope Anonymous

Apothecaries’ scales H Martin

The Old Violin, 1888 Jefferson David Chalfant

Finding the angular distance between two edges of a wood using a cross-staff, 1617-1619 Unknown

Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer, 1876 Unknown

Surveying compass Unknown

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691 Unknown

Double bass headstock Anonymous

Hooke's microscope with condenser for concentrating light, 1665 Unknown

Forms of astrolabe in use for surveying, 1650 Unknown

Surveying and timekeeping, 1551 Unknown

The Waits, and May They Continue to Wait Tom Merry

The Organist, 1869-71 Vincent Colyer

1950s little boy playing toy drum by christmas tree and fireplace looking at camera Anonymous

Advertisment for Barometers made by John Patrick English School

Kettle Drummer, Ottoman period, 1789 French School

Measuring the distance from ship to shore, using a quadrant marked with shadow-scales, 1598 Unknown