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Themes/Measuring Instruments

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The "Measuring Instruments" theme highlights the tools, devices, and instruments that have been used throughout history and across cultures to measure and observe the world around us. These collectibles feature depictions of scientific instruments such as compasses, sextants, telescopes, thermometers, barometers, and surveying tools, as well as modern devices for communication and frequency management.

Collectibles with this theme may also commemorate great scientists and engineers associated with the invention and advancement of measuring technology, or celebrate milestones in fields such as geodesy, astronomy, physics, and telecommunications. By illustrating these instruments, they reflect humanity’s quest for precision, discovery, and progress in understanding nature and science.

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Collectibles Showing Measuring Instruments

Science

Technology

Communication


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