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  2. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Arroba – an Iberian unit of weight, equivalent to 11.5 kilograms [6] Buddam; Candy; Corgee – an obsolete unit of mass equal to 212 moodahs, or rush mat bundles of rice. The unit was used in the Canara (now Kanara) region of Karnataka in India. Cullingey; Dharni; Dirham; Duella; Dutch cask – a British unit of mass, used for butter and ...

  3. Category:Weighing instruments - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Weighing scale manufacturers (11 P) Weighing scales (3 P)

  4. W & T Avery - Wikipedia

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    Set of scales made by Avery early 20th century Set of scales made by Avery in the 1960s An Avery weighing machine, for weighing a person, now in Leominster Museum. The undocumented origin of the company goes back to 1730 when James Ford established the business in Digbeth. On Joseph Balden the then owner's death in 1813 William and Thomas Avery ...

  5. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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    Industrial weighing scales are used for quality control, inventory management, and trade purposes. There are many kinds of industrial weighing scales that are used for different purposes and applications. Some of the common types are: Weighbridges : A large scale that can weigh trucks, lorries, containers, and other heavy-duty vehicles. They ...

  6. Category:Weighing scales - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Weighing scales" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

  7. Decimal balance - Wikipedia

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    Old decimal balance scale A drawing to illustrate a design with two-point support of the platform. A decimal balance or decimal scale is a balance scale which uses the lever in which the arm for weights is 10 times longer than the arm for weighted objects, so that much lighter weights may be used to weigh heavy object. [1]

  8. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    rast –Lit. "rest", the old name of the mil. A suitable distance between rests when walking. Believed to be approx. 9 km before 1541. mil – Norwegian mile, spelled miil prior to 1862, 18000 alen or 11.295 km. Before 1683, a mil was defined as 17600 alen or 11.13 km. The unit survives to this day, but in a metric 10 km adaptation

  9. Fairbanks-Morse - Wikipedia

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    Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Founded in 1823 as a manufacturer of weighing scales, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, feed mills, locomotives, and industrial supplies.