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Inspector's verification balance to weigh 1oz

Inspector's verification balance to weigh 1oz

1910
Inspectors portable beamscale to test all weights from 56lbs to 1/4oz

Inspectors portable beamscale to test all weights from 56lbs to 1/4oz

1900-1905
Cabinet of Chinese District Magistrate's Standard Scales & Weights

Cabinet of Chinese District Magistrate's Standard Scales & Weights

1700-1899
Inspector's portable food balance, in mahogany case

Inspector's portable food balance, in mahogany case

1928
Inspector's portable equal-arm balance (7lb range)

Inspector's portable equal-arm balance (7lb range)

1947-1949
Inspector's portable equal-arm balance (56lb range) by De Grave, Short, London with 2 foot brass beam and pans, wooden folding tripod and wooden carrying case. Used by the London County Council and later the London Borough of Southwark.

Inspector's portable equal-arm balance (56lb range) by De Grave

1910-1936
Set of 19th century Heavy Commercial Scales, consisting of 39" Wrought Iron Beam with Swan neck ends, fitted with self contained knife edges, gallows central suspension with upward pointer and inserted steel fulcrum pin and bearing block, stamped with lead seal of Devon Weights and Measures Inspector; and 2 18" square flat wood pans with chain and hook suspensions. (Pans slightly cracked)

Set of 19th century Heavy Commercial Scales

1890
Set of 19th century Heavy Commercial Scales, consisting of 39" Wrought Iron Beam with Swan neck ends, fitted with self contained knife edges, gallows central suspension with upward pointer and inserted steel fulcrum pin and bearing block, stamped with lead seal of Devon Weights and Measures Inspector; and 2 18" square flat wood pans with chain and hook suspensions. (Pans slightly cracked)

Set of 19th century Heavy Commercial Scales