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Pocket scales with weights

Made:
1727-1745 in London
Pair of pocket scales and fourteen weights, 17th century

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Pair of pocket scales and fourteen weights, 17th century
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Pair of pocket scales and fourteen weights, 17th century, by Daniel Thompson, in wooden case, length of beam 5 1/8 ins., sensitivity 0.2 gr

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1919-287
type:
money scales and coin beamscale
credit:
Mr Thomas H. Court

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