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Knife-Edge Beam Scale

Made:
1907 in England
Makers plate on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W Straight on view of a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by Makers inscription on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale Dismantled 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W. & T Makers inscription on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale
Makers plate on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W Straight on view of a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by Makers inscription on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale Dismantled 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W. & T Makers inscription on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale

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Makers plate on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Straight on view of a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Makers inscription on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Dismantled 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W. & T
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Makers inscription on a 2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

2-lb continuous knife edge beam scale by W. & T. Avery Ltd, 1907.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
Y1989.246.80
Materials:
wood and brass
Measurements:
overall: 600 mm x 270 mm x 550 mm,
type:
beamscale
credit:
Gift of the Co-operative Wholesale Society

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