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There happened a subject/verb inversion not the case of ellipsis as you said. we use this kind of inversion while comparing subjects of the verb and not normally the objects. We call it inversion in comparatives as in

Paul is more interested in Maths than is Mary.

You play golf better than do I.

So in the sentence, there is no ellipsis of the subject. Subject is actually there after is which is the knowledge born of experience. Actually more simple way to write what is there in your example is

... more measurable than the knowledge born of experience is

This is an example of subject/verb inversion, not a case of ellipsis as you said. We use this kind of inversion while comparing subjects of the verb and not normally objects. We call it inversion in comparatives as in

Paul is more interested in Maths than is Mary.

You play golf better than do I.

So in this sentence, there is no ellipsis of the subject. The subject is actually there after is which is the knowledge born of experience. Actually a simpler way to write what is there in your example is

... more measurable than the knowledge born of experience is

There happened a subject/verb inversion not the case of ellipsis as you said. we use this kind of inversion while comparing subjects of the verb and not normally the objects. We call it inversion in comparatives as in

Paul is more interested in Maths than is Mary.

You play golf better than do I.

So in the sentence, there is no ellipsis of the subject. Subject is actually there after is which is the knowledge born of experience.

There happened a subject/verb inversion not the case of ellipsis as you said. we use this kind of inversion while comparing subjects of the verb and not normally the objects. We call it inversion in comparatives as in

Paul is more interested in Maths than is Mary.

You play golf better than do I.

So in the sentence, there is no ellipsis of the subject. Subject is actually there after is which is the knowledge born of experience. Actually more simple way to write what is there in your example is

... more measurable than the knowledge born of experience is

There happened a subject/verb inversion not the case of ellipsis as you said. we use this kind of inversion while comparing subjects of the verb and not normally the objects. We call it inversion in comparatives as in

Paul is more interested in Maths than is Mary.

You play golf better than do I.

There happened a subject/verb inversion not the case of ellipsis as you said. we use this kind of inversion while comparing subjects of the verb and not normally the objects. We call it inversion in comparatives as in

Paul is more interested in Maths than is Mary.

You play golf better than do I.

So in the sentence, there is no ellipsis of the subject. Subject is actually there after is which is the knowledge born of experience.