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Copy of 1792 Archives kilogramme

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

1588

Exchequer standard pint measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Set of 7 square brass grain weights and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante

1800-1818

Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Ell rod, as used by master-tailors, German, 1816-1820

1816-1820

United States standard half-bushel measure, 1842

1842

Turkish wooden linear measure

1700-1799

Elizabeth's Exchequer standard yard and Ell "Bed"

Standard Half-Gallon volume measure, for the USA

1840-1842

Russian Imperial standard, "Vedro"

1862

Yard and Ell Bed, 1821

1821

Standard one-eighth Quarter-Gallon volume measure, for the USA

1840-1842

Russian Imperial standard, "Chtof"

1862

Standard one-sixteenth Gallon volume measure, for the USA

1840-1842

Ell Rod, with handle carved as a seated lion, Flemish, 1600-1699

1600-1699

Ell measure, Spanish (Arragon)

1675-1725

Airey's dry measure capacity gauge, 1829

1829

Copy of the Definitive metre

Standard scale of British Inches, cast iron

1868

White jade weight, Chinese

249-210 BCE

Spanish bronze cup weights in case

Merchant tailor's yard stick

Brass capacity measure for oil, Indian

1800-1850

Brass capacity measure for oil, Indian

1800-1850

Pewter measuring jug

4lb weight for Roberval balance

Cylindrical brass weight

Cylindrical brass weight

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Volume measure

Copper measuring jug

Russian Imperial standard, "Croncka"

1862

Hydrostatical balance in mahogany case

Japanese Standard weights