Instrument of measurement posters & prints

Engraving Illustration of Weather Measuring Instruments Anonymous

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

Surveying, early 17th century Unknown

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

Giant galvanometer in the physics laboratory, Cornell University, New York, USA, 1886 Unknown

Quadrant for Stellar Measurements Anonymous

Surveying, early 17th century Unknown

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

Galileo's thermometer, 1592 Galileo Galilei

Surveying and timekeeping, 1551 Unknown

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

Rumford's calorimeter, 1887 Anonymous

Surveying, 1551 Unknown

The Draughtsman of the Lute Albrecht Dürer

Early thermometers, 1691 Unknown

Surveying, from Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1605 Levinus Hulsius

Weighing with a steelyard, 1547 Gaultherius Rivius

Macewen Anonymous

Santorio Sanctorius, c1728 Unknown

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

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

System of Astronomy Anonymous

Illustration from Durer's 'Four Books on Measurement' Albrecht Dürer or Duerer

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

Von Guericke's water barometer, 1672 Unknown

Ligature Anonymous

Instrument for perspective drawing James Peacock

Telling time at night using a nocturnal, 1539 Unknown

Instrument for perspective drawing James Peacock

Fragments in apposition, the wire knot hammered flat Anonymous

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation, 1551 Unknown

Stump Anonymous

Guyon's Anonymous

Instrument for observing zodiacal light Charles Piazzi Smyth

Cartouche surrounded by scientific instruments Johannes Petrus van Horstok

The Transit Instrument Anonymous