Odometer | Science Museum Group Collection

Aviation instruments: Impellor, unsigned, connected to a Stop-Watch, unsigned, which is connected to a Distance Meter, by Jules Richard, Paris, France, all three instruments are attached to a two-piece oak frame, from the Replica, of the 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft, by The de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1948. The actual 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’: - designed and built by the Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur, achieved the world’s first successful heavier-than-air powered flight, on 17th December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.

Aviation instruments, from Replica 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft

1948; 1920-1930

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Sledge-meter used on the Terra Nova Expedition, 1900-1910

Waywiser, British, 1739

Speedometer which also measures trip and total mileage

Waywiser, British, 1771-1800

Waywiser by W. Harris and Co.

Waywiser wheel

Waywiser by John Smeaton

Waywiser, 8.5 foot wooden wheel

Cycle odometer on stand, from Replica 1903 'Wright Flyer'

Aviation instruments, from Replica 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft

Waywiser, iron 8 foot wheel

Waywiser, wooden 9 foot wheel

'Trumeter' Waywiser Road Measurer, 1968

Waywiser by W. & S. Jones, early 19th century