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Initial letter depicting an astronomer observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant. Dated 16th century.

Initial letter depicting an astronomer observing the sky.

Woodcut engraving depicting gunners calculating the elevation of a piece of artillery using a clinometer and a quadrant marked with shadow-scales....

Gunners using a clinometer and a quadrant.

Construction continues on D.C. United's soccer stadium in D.C.'s southwest quadrant known as Buzzards Point July 01, 2018 in Washington, DC. D.C....

Construction continues on D.C. United's soccer stadium

Construction continues on D.C. United's soccer stadium in D.C.'s southwest quadrant known as Buzzards Point July 01, 2018 in Washington, DC. D.C....

Construction continues on D.C. United's soccer stadium

Couples kiss on the dance floor. Town Danceboutique is the largest gay danceclub in Washington, D.C. Northwest Washington, DC is the city's largest...

Northwest Washington, DC is the city's largest quadrant of the city, and also one of its most diverse. These photographs capture this diversity through nightlife in NW Washington.

Scene looking north-west from the MRs Darley Dale station, approximately 20 miles from Derby. LMS upper quadrant signals are seen on the left while...

A scene looking north-west from the MRs Darley Dale station

Pioneers of Italian aviation. The quadrant of the signals installed at the Campo Parioli in Rome. 1911.

Pioneers of Italian aviation. The quadrant of the signals installed at the Campo Parioli in Rome. 1911

Crowds gather around to hear Cynthia Schemmer, left, and her band Radiator Hospital, perform at Slash Run in the Petworth neighborhood on August 27,...

Northwest Washington, DC is the city's largest quadrant of the city, and also one of its most diverse. These photographs capture this diversity through nightlife in NW Washington.

Phillips after 5 is held on on the first Thursday of the month at The Phillips Collection. On September 7, 2017 people walked through the museum....

Northwest Washington, DC is the city's largest quadrant of the city, and also one of its most diverse. These photographs capture this diversity through nightlife in NW Washington.

British destroyers Queensborough, Quadrant and Quality off Auckland , during the visit of the British Pacifc fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Bruce...

British destroyers.

Some of the remaining residents gather in a courtyard of the Barry Farm housing complex on Saturday, August 12 in Washington, DC. The housing complex...

The Southeast Quadrant of Washington, DC

Illustration depicting a Semaphore Signal on an American railroad. One arm governs several tracks, the number of the track which is clearly shown on...

A Semaphore Signal.

Illustration depicting a Semaphore Signal on an American railroad. One arm governs several tracks, the number of the track which is clearly shown on...

A Semaphore Signal.

Illumination depicting an Astronomer observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant. Dated 16th century.

Wood engraving depicting an astronomer observing the Moon and stars using a quadrant. Dated 16th century.

Close up detail of the corner quadrant during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Selhurst Park on March 31, 2018 in...

Crystal Palace v Liverpool - Premier League

The upper quadrant with the signs of the zodiac and the lower one with the calendar, astronomical clock on the town hall, Stare Mesto square ,...

Astronomical clock of the town hall, Prague

The upper quadrant with the signs of the zodiac and the lower one with the calendar, astronomical clock of the town hall, square Stare Mesto ,...

Astronomical clock of the town hall, Prague

An initial letter depicting Ptolemy observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant. Ptolemy a Greek writer, mathematician, astronomer,...

An initial letter depicting Ptolemy observing the sky and making measurements using a quadrant.

Diagram of a large metal quadrant sunk into the ground and with a protective wind shield, which was designed and used by Tycho Brahe. Tycho Brahe a...

Diagram of a large metal quadrant.

Halls of residence, Priory Street, Coventry University, West Midlands, 2014. Quadrant Hall and Priory Hall viewed from the west.

Halls Of Residence

'The Neighbours', sculpture by Siegfried Charoux, Highbury Quadrant Estate, Islington, London, 2015. View from the south.

The Neighbours,

'The Neighbours', sculpture by Siegfried Charoux, Highbury Quadrant Estate, Islington, London, 2015.

The Neighbours,

Arundel Street area, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 2001. Some important cutlery works still survive in Arundel Street, despite the urban renewal around...

Arundel Street Area

From left to right, Geoffrey Lane, QC , Captain J. W. Jessop, Deputy Managing Director of Northeast Airlines, and Sir Morien Morgan, Director of the...

Crash Investigation

Activists Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel wear protective masks at the West Lake Landfill in greater St. Louis, MO on June 1, 2017. They wear the masks...

EPA Superfund Sites In Limbo

This chainless bicycle is driven by a Lloyd�s cross roller gear, patented by W and J Lloyd and W Priest in 1897. Chainless bicycles became popular in...

Chainless �Quadrant� bicycle, 1898.

This chainless bicycle is driven by a Lloyd�s cross roller gear, patented by W and J Lloyd and W Priest in 1897. Chainless bicycles became popular in...

Chainless �Quadrant� bicycle, 1898.

Catalogue of optical, philosophical and mathematical instruments made and sold by Henry Pyefinch whose premises were to be found at the sign of the...

Catalogue of Henry Pyefinch, instrument maker, c 1800s.

Circular slide rule, made by John Brown, with two brass radial arms and an stronomical quadrant engraved on the back. A spiral slide rule affords a...

Circular slide rule, 1660-1680.

Circular slide rule, made by John Brown, with two brass radial arms and an stronomical quadrant engraved on the back. A spiral slide rule affords a...

Circular slide rule, 1660-1680.

Pierre Curie married Marie Curie in 1895, when he was already an internationally recognised physicist. With his brother Jacques, in the 1880s, he...

Quadrant electrometer built by Pierre Curie, 1880-1890.

Pierre Curie married Marie Curie in 1895, when he was already an internationally recognised physicist. With his brother Jacques, in the 1880s, he...

Quadrant electrometer built by Pierre Curie, 1880s.

This pocket sundial, made of silver and signed with the name Humphrey Cole, is set for use in a latitude of 51 degrees, 30 seconds . This type of...

Quadrant sundial, English, c 1570.

This pocket sundial, made of silver and signed with the name Humphrey Cole, is set for use in a latitude of 51 degrees, 30 seconds . This type of...

Quadrant sundial, English, c 1570.

Quadrant electrometer designed by William Henley and made by Adams. An electrometer is an instrument for measuring electrical potential without...

Henleys electrometer, c 1770.

This instrument was designed primarily to ensure that a cannon or mortar was elevated to the required angle. Quadrants were also used for...

Gunners quadrant and perpendicular, c 1780.

Lithograph from an original painting. In 1716, Hadley became a Fellow of the Royal Society and was appointed vice-president in 1728. In 1721, he...

John Hadley, optical instrument maker, 1728.

Observers using a quadrant and telescope during John Flamsteed�s time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, . From an early bromide print in...

Using a telescope in the Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, 1680.

Heliotype photograph from 1876-1900. Tycho Brahe was born on 14 December 1546 in Skane, then in Denmark, now in Sweden. Brahe's contributions to...

Quadrant of Tycho Brahe, 16th century.

Print showing a diagram of a horary quadrant, an astronomical instrument that can be used to determine the time from the position of the Sun and...

Quadrant from �Margarita Philosophica�, London, 1535.

Print showing a diagram of a horary quadrant, an astronomical instrument that can be used to determine the time from the position of the Sun and...

Quadrant from �Margarita Philosophica�, London, 1535.

Print of a diagram showing the way a backstaff or Davis quadrant, a navigational instrument, is used to measure the elevation of the Sun. Measured at...

Backstaff from �Seaman�s Secrets�, London, 1607.

Print of a diagram showing the way a backstaff or Davis quadrant, a navigational instrument, is used to measure the elevation of the Sun. Measured at...

Backstaff from �Seaman�s Secrets�, London, 1607.

Map of the Moon, published in four sections, by Wilhelm Madler based on observations made by Johann Heinrich Beer . Titled 'Selenographia' this lunar...

Northeast quadrant of Beer & Madler Moon map, 1834.

Map of the Moon, published in four sections, by Wilhelm Madler based on observations made by Johann Heinrich Beer . Titled 'Selenographia' this lunar...

Nortwest quadrant of Beer & Madler Moon map, 1834.

Map of the Moon, published in four sections, by Wilhelm Madler based on observations made by Johann Heinrich Beer . Titled 'Selenographia' this lunar...

Southwest quadrant of Beer & Madler Moon map, 1834.

Map of the Moon, published in four sections, by Wilhelm Madler based on observations made by Johann Heinrich Beer . Titled 'Selenographia' this lunar...

Southeast quadrant of Beer & Madler Moon map, 1834.

Print of 'Borda's Repeating circle', an instrument used for astronomical measurement and large-scale surveying work. The engraving, taken from 'Rees...

Borda�s repeating circle without reflection, 1820.

Print of 'Troughton's Repeating circle' with diagram, an instrument used for astronomical measurement and large-scale surveying work. The engraving,...

Troughton�s repeating circle without reflection, 1820.

Woodcut from �The castle of knowledge� by Robert Record , published in London in 1556.

Quadrant, 1556.

Woodcut by Peter Flotner from 'Vitruvius Teutsch', the first German translation of �De architectura� by the Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius...

Measuring distance and angle for firing cannonballs using the quadrant, 1548.

Quadrants were used for calculating the position of a ship at sea. This example was made by Spencer, Browning and Rust of London.

Quadrant, c 1820.

Quadrants were used for calculating the position of a ship at sea. This example was made by Spencer, Browning and Rust of London.

Quadrant, c 1820.

This unsigned Islamic horary quadrant was made in Persia . Made of wood, it has hand-drawn painted scales and inscriptions and was used for finding...

Wooden horary quadrant, Persian, 18th century.

This Islamic horary quadrant was made by Muhammad Abd al-Hadi-Safadi in Persia . Made of wood, it has hand-drawn painted scales and inscriptions as...

Wooden horary quadrant, Persian, 1727-1728.

This Islamic horary quadrant was made by Mustafa Ayyubi in the Middle East. Made of wood, the quadrant has hand drawn painted scales and...

Wooden horary quadrant, Arabian, 1730-31.

An allegorical title page. On the left stands Destiny, 'whose governor is knowledge', holding a geometric compass and 'the sphere of Destiny', an...

Engraved title page for �The castle of Knowledge�, 1556.

Parasol advertises the Metropolitan Railway and men wear �Duval� sandwich boards. A photograph from an album of sixty photographic views of London,...

Regent Quadrant, London, c 1890.

Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe made naked-eye observations that formed the basis of the first new star catalogue since Antiquity. These precise...

Tycho Brahe and his mural quadrant, 1587.

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