Top 10 Unusual Historical Weight-Measuring Tools
Ten unusual historical weighing instruments shown with verified Wikimedia Commons photographs. Photograph credits: 1. File:A Roman steelyard and weight Wellcome M0000471.jpg; https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/2a/0a/e10a375914ceef237f77a3b7a497.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/M0000471.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-22): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/drauyf7f CC-BY-4.0; …
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Ten unusual historical weighing instruments shown with verified Wikimedia Commons photographs.
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1. File:A Roman steelyard and weight Wellcome M0000471.jpg; https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/2a/0a/e10a375914ceef237f77a3b7a497.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/M0000471.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-22): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/drauyf7f CC-BY-4.0; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Roman_steelyard_and_weight_Wellcome_M0000471.jpg;
2. File:Steelyard - 16c - Novgorod Kremlin Museum.jpg; Лапоть; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steelyard_-_16c_-_Novgorod_Kremlin_Museum.jpg;
3. File:Steelyard balances - Rybinsk museum-reserve.jpg; Лапоть; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steelyard_balances_-_Rybinsk_museum-reserve.jpg;
4. File:Apothecary's balance, Europe, 1901-1930 Wellcome L0057866.jpg; https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/d0/34/bc8d768fcbdc7f534addba91f0b5.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057866.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bcyu7ttj CC-BY-4.0; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apothecary%27s_balance,_Europe,_1901-1930_Wellcome_L0057866.jpg;
5. File:Money weight balance, German. 1754 Wellcome M0014002.jpg; https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/38/4d/948835318331a987a5dca07bbf4a.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/M0014002.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-31): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vvxcss2z CC-BY-4.0; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Money_weight_balance,_German._1754_Wellcome_M0014002.jpg;
6. File:Money scale from Obuda 13th cent IMG 0339.JPG; Bjoertvedt; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Money_scale_from_Obuda_13th_cent_IMG_0339.JPG;
7. File:Roberval (60), balance Roberval.jpg; P.poschadel; CC BY-SA 2.0 fr; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberval_(60),_balance_Roberval.jpg;
8. File:Letter balance, Bruce Castle Museum.jpg; The wub; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter_balance,_Bruce_Castle_Museum.jpg;
9. File:Ancient coin scale believed from the Cologne area-5813.jpg; Raimond Spekking; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_coin_scale_believed_from_the_Cologne_area-5813.jpg;
10. File:Spring scale. Made in USSR.jpg; Bestalex; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_scale._Made_in_USSR.jpg;
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