| MEASURE FOR MEASURE Measuring vessels through the ages, examined by a Cleopatra woman at the London Science Museum. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 505225 | |
| Clip Number: | 505225-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 395 | |
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| Location: | London | |
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| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Museum, Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SCIENCE: Misc | |
| Description: | MISSING 5/18/2004 MEASURE FOR MEASURE Measuring vessels through the ages, examined by a Cleopatra woman at the London Science Museum. London? As commentator talks of the law insisting on accurate measure when anything liquid is bought or sold, we see a man filling his car petrol tank from a pump; milk being stirred by machinery in a vat and milk bottles coming off a rotating machine; a measure of scotch being taken from a bottle in a bar and a pint of beer being pulled. At the London Science Museum we see several measuring vessels from ancient Egyptian times through to the late 19th century - a woman dressed as Cleopatra looks at them. Commentator says "All this raises the question - what's in a pint?". M/S of a man in a flat cap, drinking a pint - he turns to the camera and says in a cockney geezer voice "Hops if you're lucky!". | |
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