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Body weight

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  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • The Mughal emperor being weighed on his birthday. Coloured etching.
  • An elephant seated in an armchair is being weighed by a small dog. Watercolour by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
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Catalogue

    • Videos

    The men who made us thin. Part 1.

    | Date: 2013
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    The men who made us thin. Part 4.

    | Date: 2013
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    The Mughal emperor being weighed on his birthday. Coloured etching.

    | Date: [between 1760 and 1792] | Reference: 32661i
    • Pictures
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    An elephant seated in an armchair is being weighed by a small dog. Watercolour by G. Hope Tait, ca. 1900.

    Tait, Geo. Hope (George Hope), 1861-1943. | Date: 1900 | Reference: 577187i
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    Joining the dots : a queer fat positive perzine about PCOS / [Holly Casio].

    Casio, Holly | Date: 2012
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