  Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Creator(s): W. C. Day & Co, Birmingham Date: 1852 - Description: A set of platform scales for weighing large objects. Used in older days of cropping (farming) to weigh bags of chaff, seed etc and also by local merchants when stores were bought in bulk. "Prize Medal Great Exhibition Class 5" "By Her Majestys Royal Letters Patent." Format: Realia Object: scales (apparatus) Titles: Platform Scales Subjects: measuring instruments Institution: Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum Object number: GSM_00208 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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