Collection of scales of the Main Department of Measures (Warsaw, Poland)
The collection clearly illustrates the development of the system of weights and measures of the Polish state. The oldest specimen of the collection, the 10-pound bronze weight, dates back to the second half of the XVII century.
At the Main Department of Measures in Warsaw (Historyczne Zbiory Metrologiczne Głównego Urzędu Miar) there is a significant collection of ancient measures, weights, scales and other measuring devices, numbering about three thousand exhibits.
The collection clearly illustrates the development of the system of weights and measures of the Polish state. The oldest specimen of the collection, the 10-pound bronze weight, dates back to the second half of the XVII century.
It is interesting