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Measuring Instruments > Weighing instruments

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+ H7042 Early apothecary's scales mounted ...
+ H7043 Set of brass gold-scales enclosed ...
+ H7060 Opium scales with case, ivory / br...
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+ H8117 1 Set gold scales with (a) oz weig...
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+ H8129 Scales for weighing letters. Torsi...
+ H8169 A letter scale patented 1906. Bear...
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+ H9071 Railway platform scales and weight...
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+ H9241 Counter scales (SB)....
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+ K1187-17 Balance and dish, tinplate / br...
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A8626 Pan scales on wood base containing a drawer for the weights (which are missing). Label on the base 'WEDDERBURN/SCALE MAKERS AND ADJUSTERS/88 LIVERPOOL ST, SYDNEY'. Painted on wood base 'To Weigh 4 lb'. (AF).
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Object statement
Pan scales on wood base containing a drawer for the weights (which are missing). Label on the base 'WEDDERBURN/SCALE MAKERS AND ADJUSTERS/88 LIVERPOOL ST, SYDNEY'. Painted on wood base 'To Weigh 4 lb'. (AF).

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Description
Pan scales on wood base containing a drawer for the weights (which are missing). Label on the base 'WEDDERBURN/SCALE MAKERS AND ADJUSTERS/88 LIVERPOOL ST, SYDNEY'. Painted on wood base 'To Weigh 4 lb'. (AF).
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
A8626

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased with funds donated by W H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd, Sydney, 1980

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/199240 |title=A8626 Pan scales on wood base containing a drawer for the weights (which are missing). Label on the base 'WEDDERBURN/SCALE MAKERS AND ADJUSTERS/88 LIVERPOOL ST, SYDNEY'. Painted on wood base 'To Weigh 4 lb'. (AF). |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=23 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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