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Stadiometer

Medical equipment

A stadiometer is a piece of medical equipment used for measuring human height. It is usually constructed out of a ruler and a sliding horizontal headpiece

Stadiometer

Human height

Aspect of human growth

of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, or feet and

Human height

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Arm span

Distance from finger tips to finger tips

measurement is needed but the individual cannot stand on a traditional stadiometer or against a wall due to abnormalities of the back or legs, such as scoliosis

Arm span

Arm_span

Body mass index

Relative weight based on mass and height

first by measuring its components by means of a weighing scale and a stadiometer. The multiplication and division may be carried out directly, by hand

Body mass index

Body_mass_index

Doctor's office

General medical practice

Ophthalmoscope Otoscope Reflex hammer Scale Sink Stethoscope Sharps container Stadiometer Test tubes Thermometer Tissues Tongue depressor Tuning fork Tweezers

Doctor's office

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Height gauge

Measuring device

surgeries) to find the height of people, in which context they are called stadiometers. Height gauges may also be used to measure the height of an object by

Height gauge

Height_gauge

Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens

British painter (1829–1915)

] but he was held up at Malta. Whilst on that island he invented the stadiometer, which was the first range-finder used in the Army, and which was only

Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens

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William Stanley (inventor)

English inventor (1829–1909)

US patent 479,959 granted 2 August 1892) 1889: Improvements in Mining Stadiometers, Theodolites and Tacheometers (UK Patent 1889 number 12,590) 1889: Improvements

William Stanley (inventor)