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Kasimov - one of the centers of the Russian scales building
The town of Kasimov in Ryazan region, along with Tula and the Urals, is one of the regions that traditionally produced beam scales.
Village of Pavlovo and its crafts
The village of Pavlovo is the center of the vast steel locksmithing district extending not only within Gorbatovsky uyezd but also in the North-Eastern corner of Muromsky uyezd of Vladimir guberniya.
Philip Jacob Maul - the father of postal scales
The firm of Philipp Jacob Maul was founded in 1874 in Hamburg (Germany) and prospered for 115 years largely due to the production of scales for letters. Just for this reason the founder thereof is often called "the father of postal scale...
Scales and scalebeams of Tulinovsky Instrument Engineering Plant
The history of Tulinovsky Instrument Engineering Plant began in June 1941. At that time Vitebsk Instrument-Making Plant was evacuated from Belarus to Tulinovka. It was located in the cloth factory's buildings survived after the fire of...
Weights of Peskovsky Foundry
Peskovsky Foundry (Kirov region) is one of the oldest enterprises in Russia. It was built in the place of a small settlement by the merchant Ivan Kurochkin in 1772, after the iron ore deposits were found there.
Precise scales by William Ainsworth
The history of manufacturing of precise scales in the West of the USA started with William Ainsworth. The future founder of William Ainsworth & Sons was born in England in 1850. When William was three years old, his family moved to America.