This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
. 4 hydrometers and 1 thermometer in a wooden box. The box is intended for hydrometers only and contains an additional space for another hydrometer.
"I. Steger stamped in box
Optisohe Anahart
Kiel, Wall 13"
"Araometer. 1006-1013 spec Gen.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Box for hydrometers and thermometer
Lid is embossed with 'F.B.'. The chamois insert has the maker's name, 'I . Steger. / Optische Anstalt / Kiel, Wall 13'.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Glass hydrometer with scale at top running from 06 to 13; contains lead shot in the bulb, which is blue. There is a paper label inside with on the front 'Araometer 1006-1013 Spec. Grav. Temp.: 17½º C', and on the back: 'Dr.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Glass hydrometer with scale at top running from 12 to 19; contains lead shot in the bulb, which is blue. There is a paper label inside with on the front 'Araometer 1012-1019 Spec. Grav. Temp.: 17½º C', and on the back: 'Dr.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Glass hydrometer with scale at top running from 14 to 21; contains lead shot in the bulb. There is a paper label inside with 'Araometer 1014-1021 Spec. Grav. Temp.: 17½º C'.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Glass hydrometer with scale at top running from 18 to 25; contains lead shot in the bulb, which is blue. There is a paper label inside with on the front 'Araometer 1018-1025 Spec. Grav. Temp.: 17½º C', and on the back: 'Dr.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Thermometer, outer tube broken but mercury tube is intact. Celsius scale -7 to 40. The paper scale has the maker's name, 'I. Steger, Kiel'.
1902
National Maritime Museum
. Glass hydrometer, with lead shot glued into bottom and painted red. In cardboard case.
Handwritten ontop of case: Nansen / Total {...} / No 37 / Hydrometer
1903
National Maritime Museum
Ericsson Current Meter. Current meter in a wooden box, containing: main unit; lead weight (suffering from corrosion); a spare direction indicator; a part made of two canes and metal; 2 other parts. There are fittings in the box for other spares (now missi
1928
National Maritime Museum
. Integrator, Used for oceanography. Cylindrical metal housing containing suspension galvanometer mechanism with mirror within, with electrical connections.
Two bakelite electrical terminals.
Note: No short-circuiting connector.
1939
National Maritime Museum
. Circular slide rule with scale for temperature, velocity in ft./sec, etc. Prepared for the NDRC.
1942
National Maritime Museum
. Integrator, used for oceanography. Cylindrical metal housing containing suspension galvanometer mechanism, brass adjusting knob for suspension and zeroing. Admiralty Pattern 5946, serial no. P.705.
Cylindrical metal housing 80 mm diam x 250 mm overal h
1944
National Maritime Museum
Current Meter. Carruthers ‘Fishermens’ Current Meter (1953)
By Mr. Sv. Woldseth (of ‘Bergen Nautik’: made the Conical mesh) and Kelvin & Hughes (produced the instruments contained within the mesh and made the solid metal nose c
1953
National Maritime Museum
. Turbine wheel for a Bergen log; with eight blades; fitted into a wooden box.
1960s
National Maritime Museum
"Bergen-Nautik" Log. Electrical knot recorder, grey enamelled metal, glass window, scale 0-120 knots in 1 knot divisions. Electrical connections in base.
Scale Insription "MADE IN ENGLAND"
SER. No. 544549
1962
Moving coil
Electrical
1962
National Maritime Museum
. Decca Trisponder R03 Distance Measuring Unit, 4-channel, by Del Norte Technology. Top of case has BCD output, power socket, transponder socket, and an open/close air pressure equalizer. Object front has two LCD screens labelled Channel 1 and Channel 2,
1979
National Maritime Museum
. 10284 type data printer for use with Autocarta II Plotting and processing system (ZBA5032) or for Trisponder Pulse/8 (ZBA5036-8), by Decca Survey Systems. It provides a hard-copy record of position correlated with time, an event number and four digits o
1984
National Maritime Museum