OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Scales

MEDIAObject

CREATORSalter

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.197

DESCRIPTION

Long narrow cast iron scales with a ring at the top to hang from the wall and a hook at the other end to hang the commodity being weighed. The hook is attached to a spring inside the scales. The front is a brass plate screwed to the scales with the measuring gauge up to 60 lb. On the plate are the words "No 2 Salter's improved spring balance" British made to weigh 40 lb"(in upper case).

SUBJECTS

Commercial equipment, Scales (apparatus)

KEYWORDS

Salter