Diameter Collection

Fra Mauro map (1460). The Fra Mauro Map orientation (South at the top). is considered
Fra Mauro map (1460). The Fra Mauro Map orientation (South at the top).is considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography. by the Venetian monk Fra Mauro

The four-wheel main landing gear of a Convair B-36. Each main wheel has a diameter of 56in

Inside the Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain, London
General view inside the Dome of Discovery, part of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. This part of the exhibition covered Britains conquest of the physical world through

Micrometer screw gauge. This is an instrument used to accurately measure small distances. Here it is being used to measure the thickness of a piece of wire (upper left)

Henson and Stringfellow's 1843 design for steam-powered flying machine, 1843 (lithograph)
530320 Henson and Stringfellow's 1843 design for steam-powered flying machine, 1843 (lithograph); (add.info.: for steam-powered flying machine. Webbed tail 15.24m, and beneath it a rudder)

Cossor high vacuum cathode-ray tube for high definition television, 12.25 inches in diameter Date: 1937

Six inches
Sergio Pandolfini

Gravity
Brig Barkow

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

RMS Carpathia, salvaged red octagonal floor tile
RMS Carpathia, salvaged red patterned earthenware octagonal floor tile from an unknown location on the ship, approx. 0.875 (d) x 5.875 (w) x 6 inches (diameter)

Cunard White Star Line - three souvenirs. MV Britannic butterfly wing pin dish, 3.5 inches diameter. RMS Mauretania plastic souvenir lifebelt, 4.25 inches diameter

Ocean Liners - three brooches and a badge
Ocean Liners - White Star Line RMS Doric, MV Georgic, and RMS Majestic ship's wheel enamel brooches, 1 inch diameter. Cunard QE2 Farewell Season 2008 enamel badge, 1.25 x 0.75 inches

Cunard Line, RMS Queen Mary - souvenir brass items made from her propellers - four coasters, 3.5 inches diameter, two paperweights, 2 inches diameter, tie bar, lapel pin, and two sets of cufflinks

Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition
Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a £90 million refit that marked the end of her life as a steamship as her turbine engines were replaced by a diesel

Vickers Wellington B. III BK461, with Dunlop Compacta tyres
Vickers Wellington B.III BK461, at Honiley with Dunlop for trials of its Compacta wheel covers. Seen with the smallest diameter wheels fitted

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag
Zeppelin Airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag, vibrant blue, yellow and white. Graf Zeppelin flying eastbound, while a HAPAG steamship (Class Milwaukee / St Louis) sails westbound

RMS Titanic - gold stud recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a late Victorian 18 carat yellow gold round collar or dress stud

RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)

Price's rotary digger for cutting tunnels, showing 8 hydraulic rams used to force the digger forward, casing 12.5 ft diameter Date: 1909

Fra Mauro map, 1460 (map)
529889 Fra Mauro map, 1460 (map) by Italian School, (15th century); (add.info.: The Fra Mauro Map orientation (South at the top).is considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography

Airship Bournemouth. Maiden flight at RAF Cardington
Airship Bournemouth. Maiden flight at RAF Balloon Centre, Cardington. Built for Festival of Britian, for the Airship Club under the direction of Lord Vantry - being the first built in Britain since

Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe, originally installed in the Soho Foundry of Boulton and Watt, Birmingham which was purchased by Avery in 1895. The lathe taking work up to 26 feet diameter

The first air-ship to cross the Atlantic (b / w photo)
3652706 The first air-ship to cross the Atlantic (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first air-ship to cross the Atlantic)

The Richards 35-foot diameter vertical boring and turning mill (b / w photo)
6004166 The Richards 35-foot diameter vertical boring and turning mill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Discovery of a Vikings Tomb at Taplow (engraving)
1044644 The Discovery of a Vikings Tomb at Taplow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Discovery of a Vikings Tomb at Taplow)

Goodyear Blimp NC-8A Volunteer in the late 1930s Volunteer (I) (NC-8A)First flight: April 27, 1929Volume: 86, 000 cu. ft.Length: 128 ft.Diameter: 36 ft.Engines

A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier
A patriotic cast iron frying pan with a German soldier shaking the hand of a German woman in relief on the handle. Embossed around the diameter with Der Deutschen frau opfersinn

Capsule portrait Katharina von Bora wife Martin Luther
Capsule portrait of Katharina von Bora, the wife of Martin Luther, 1525, mixed technique on beech wood, diameter: 10 cm, inscribed and dated: Winged Serpent, 1525 (last digit indistinct)

Putti clouds oil copper diameter 9 cm unsigned
Putti in clouds, oil on copper, diameter: 9 cm, unsigned, Italienischer Meister, 18. Jh

Interior smoking company table oil oak wood diameter
Interior with a smoking company at a table, oil on oak wood, diameter: 44.5 cm, signed on the left footstep: P Codde, Pieter Jacobsz. Codde, Amsterdam 1599-1678 Amsterdam

Capsule portrait Martin Luther 1525 Mixed technique
Capsule portrait of Martin Luther, 1525 (?), Mixed technique on beech wood, diameter: 9.8 cm painted surface, not marked, Lucas Cranach d. A. Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar

lost son poverty back turned away door rich man
The lost son with poverty on his back is turned away from his door by a rich man, around 1520, tempera on unprimed canvas, diameter: 80.5 cm, unsigned, Niederlandischer Meister, 16. Jh

Madonna Child oil canvas diameter 36 cm specified
Madonna and Child, oil on canvas, diameter: 36 cm, not specified, Angelo Caroselli, Rom 1585-1652 Rom

Lazio Latina Cori Tempio di Castore e Polluce, this is my Italy, the italian country of visual history, Antiquities Architecture, architectural sculpture. reconstructed after 89 B.C

Tanganyika Ngorongoro Crater Looking across crater
Tanganyika. Ngorongoro Crater. Looking across the crater. Twelve miles diameter. 1936, Tanzania

Grizzly Giant Diameter 33 Ft Mariposa Grove Carleton Watkins
Grizzly Giant Diameter 33 Ft. Mariposa Grove; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916); negative 1865 - 1866?; print 1880 - 1890; Albumen silver print

Section Wawona 28 feet diameter 275 feet high
Section of Wawona, 28 feet diameter, 275 feet high, Mariposa Grove; I.W. Taber (American, 1830 - 1912); Mariposa, California, United States; negative about 1865; print about 1870; Albumen silver print

Jar Brown ware 9th-10th Century China Northern
Jar: Brown ware, 9th-10th Century. China, Northern, Tang dynasty (618-907) - Five dynasties (907-960). Glazed pinkish-buff stoneware; diameter: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.); overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)

Ice Pail 1793-1807 Flight & Barr British
Ice Pail, 1793-1807. Flight & Barr (British). Porcelain; diameter of mouth: 16.1 cm (6 5/16 in.); overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

Pair Ice Pails 1793-1807 Flight & Barr British
Pair of Ice Pails, 1793-1807. Flight & Barr (British). Porcelain; diameter of mouth: 16.1 cm (6 5/16 in.); overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

Portrait Antipope Alexander V 1574-1576 Tobias Wolff
Portrait of Antipope Alexander V, c. 1574-1576. Tobias Wolff (German, 1606). Kelheim stone (fine-grained limestone); diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)

Model Reverse Medal Martin III Geuder 1528 Matthes Gebel
Model for the Reverse of the Medal of Martin III Geuder, 1528. Matthes Gebel (German, c. 1500-1574). Solnhofen limestone; diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

Teapot Yixing ware 1644-1911 China Qing dynasty
Teapot: Yixing ware, 1644-1911. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Stoneware; diameter: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)

Peddler Goblet 1800s Italy Venice Murano 19th century
The Peddler Goblet, 1800s. Italy, Venice (Murano), 19th century. Green and blue glass, enameled and gilded; diameter of mouth: 21.5 x 11.4 cm (8 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.); diameter of base: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Ink Cake 1368- 1644 China Ming dynasty 1368-1644
Ink Cake, 1368- 1644. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Ink cake; diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Plate 400-1000 Panama Cocle Pottery diameter
Plate, 400-1000. Panama, Cocle. Pottery; diameter: 34.4 x 5 cm (13 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

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"Diameter: Unveiling the Measure of Magnitude" The Fra Mauro Map, crafted in 1460, showcases its unique orientation with South at the top, revealing a world where diameter takes center stage. Behold the Convair B-36's four-wheel main landing gear, a testament to engineering marvels and the importance in ensuring smooth landings. Step inside the Dome of Discovery at London's Festival of Britain and witness how diameter shapes architectural wonders that leave visitors awestruck. The micrometer screw gauge unveils precision like never before, allowing scientists to measure diameters with utmost accuracy for groundbreaking discoveries. Amidst mysterious sightings in New Mexico's Villa region, UFO enthusiasts ponder over unidentified flying objects whose diameters remain an enigma yet hold immense intrigue. Delve into Samuel Cody Archive's collection and find spring balance brass dials intricately connected to trees - showcasing nature's harmony through measured diameters. Salvaged from RMS Carpathia lies a red octagonal floor tile; its diameter symbolizes resilience as it witnessed history during Titanic's fateful voyage. Cunard White Star Line souvenirs stand as reminders of grand ocean liners whose majestic presence sailed across vast waters with elegant proportions defined by their diameters. In this captivating journey through time and space, we explore how diameter serves as more than just a measurement but rather an integral part of our understanding and appreciation for artistry, science, technology, mysteries, nature’s wonders, and historical relics that shape our world.