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Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, 1917-2009
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1.
Man shown measuring digit of finger, from .72 to .75 inches.
Collection:
Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
Date:
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Man measuring a man's foot during Edward II's reign of 1324.
Collection:
Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
Date:
1324
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Man in ancient times measuring on a table the breadth of his finger.
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Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
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King Edward II decreed that three barley corns placed end-to-end equaled one inch and a foot was equivalent to 12 inches (or a man's foot).
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Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
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1324
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Man measuring the left feet of 16 men lined up as they left church defined a "Rod."
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Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
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1500s
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