400075, Russia, Volgograd, Aviator Highway, 11A
+7 (8442) 25-50-50
Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
РУС
EN
Museum
  • About Volgograd Museum of Weights and Measures
  • Mass media about the museum
  • Letters of gratitude
  • Picture gallery
  • Ask a question
Collection
  • Exhibition
    Exhibition
    • Jiffy-way egg scales
    • A scalebeam 50 pounds
    • Jiffy-way egg scales
    • Triner letter scales
    • Roberval letter scales
    • Chappee trade weights
    • Polish weights in a case
    • Bilateral letter scales
    • Dragons and Angels Beranger system scales
    • Hartley household ladle scales
    • Jaraso bathroom scales
    • Jernbolaget Eskilstuna kitchen scales
    • Letter scales with two pendulums
    • Pendulum scales on a wooden base
    • The Hobart Manufacturing Co. letter scales
    • Russian scalebeam with a grenade counterweight
    • Martini scale
    • Acme egg scales
    • Khambati scales and balance weight
    • A scalebeam in a triangular shape
    • Roman scales with a pan
    • JM letter scales in a black case
    • Quadrant Balance spring scalebeam
    • Crane weight, 1 ounce
    • Simple decorated scalebeam
    • Dulton household scales with a timer
    • Metric weights set 50 g – 1000 g
    • English trade weights
    • Avery pound balance weight
    • Glass scales
    • Scalebeam for weighing meat
    • Ph. Schwabe manual scales in a case
    • Scalebeam for weighing rate of bread
    • Salter letter scales
    • Presto letter scales
    • Postamatic letter scalebeam
    • Dr. C.H. Fitch prescription scales
    • Silverloy dental scales
    • Pelouze candy scales
    • Chatillon trade scales
    • Scalebeam in a case with the image of an elephant
    • Salter spring letter scalebeam
    • WT monetary scales
    • Little Detective scales
    • Letter scales measuring in lots
    • Folding beam coin scales
    • Folding coin scales in a case
    • Young America kitchen scales
    • "Eighth of a pound" cast iron weight
    • Scale Queen letter scales
    • Wooden scalebeam with a movable weight
    • Letter scales with advertising
    • Triner Scales letter scales
    • A weight in the form of a bird
    • Scales for test tubes
    • Fairbanks gun powder scales
    • Salter infant scales
    • De Grave inspection scales
    • Souvenir scales for letters with an eagle
    • Gottlieb Kern decorated letter scales
    • Marshall, Son & Co. letter scales
    • Avery letter scales
    • Avery scales for bread
    • V.H.Marsden trade scales photo
    • Pan scales from Bryansk city
    • Shaler's household scales
    • "Nizhegorodskie" scales for coins
    • Buddy scales for letters
    • Letter scales with a container for stamps
    • Salter letter spring scales
    • ABC egg scales
    • Wooden scalebeam with a hanging pan
    • Salgotarjan household scales
    • Rictus scales for letters
    • Pharmaceutical scales
    • W. Ainsworth scales
    • Fairbanks scalebeam for paper
    • Letter scales with a movable weight
    • Fairbanks letter scales
    • Skre Post scales for letters
    • Separable balance weight "Predmisсev in Tula"
    • Bronze shell iron weights
    • Scales from the Moscow Weight Plant
    • A cast iron weight from Sormovo
    • Kaluga scalebeam
    • Equal-arm scales from Pavlovo village
    • "Bumerang" scalebeam for fishermen
    • An amateur fish-measuring device
    • Pharmaceutical scales in an Avery case
    • More
  • Antique scales
    Antique scales
    • Pharmaceutical scales
    • Scales for coins
    • Scales for newborns
    • Scales for eggs
    • Laboratory scales
    • Letter scales
    • Beranger system balance
    • Warehouse scales
    • Special scales
    • Trade scales
    • Torsion balance
    • Jewelry scales
    • Toy scales
    • Beam scales
    • Kitchen scales
    • Bathroom scales
    • More
  • Antique scalebeam
    Antique scalebeam
    • Qantar scalebeam
    • Kurland scalebeam
    • Roman scales
    • Russian scalebeam
    • Cylinder scalebeam
    • Dial scalebeam
  • Antique weights
    Antique weights
    • Russian weights
      • The USSR
      • The Russian Empire
      • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
    • Oriental weights
    • American weights
    • Europe weights
  • Typography
    Typography
    • Postcards and promo of scales
    • Old photos
    • Schemes and instructions
Articles
  • Excerpts on the history of the museum
    • Scales and Measures in Russia
    • World history of scales
    • Scales manufacturers
    • Stamps on scales
    • Such different scales
    • Library
    • Archival record
  • World museums
    • Russian museums
    • Foreign museums
News
Contacts
Employees
    Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
    Museum
    • About Volgograd Museum of Weights and Measures
    • Mass media about the museum
    • Letters of gratitude
    • Picture gallery
    • Ask a question
    Collection
    • Exhibition
      Exhibition
      • Jiffy-way egg scales
      • A scalebeam 50 pounds
      • Jiffy-way egg scales
      • Triner letter scales
      • Roberval letter scales
      • Chappee trade weights
      • Polish weights in a case
      • Bilateral letter scales
      • Dragons and Angels Beranger system scales
      • Hartley household ladle scales
      • Jaraso bathroom scales
      • Jernbolaget Eskilstuna kitchen scales
      • Letter scales with two pendulums
      • Pendulum scales on a wooden base
      • The Hobart Manufacturing Co. letter scales
      • Russian scalebeam with a grenade counterweight
      • Martini scale
      • Acme egg scales
      • Khambati scales and balance weight
      • A scalebeam in a triangular shape
      • Roman scales with a pan
      • JM letter scales in a black case
      • Quadrant Balance spring scalebeam
      • Crane weight, 1 ounce
      • Simple decorated scalebeam
      • Dulton household scales with a timer
      • Metric weights set 50 g – 1000 g
      • English trade weights
      • Avery pound balance weight
      • Glass scales
      • Scalebeam for weighing meat
      • Ph. Schwabe manual scales in a case
      • Scalebeam for weighing rate of bread
      • Salter letter scales
      • Presto letter scales
      • Postamatic letter scalebeam
      • Dr. C.H. Fitch prescription scales
      • Silverloy dental scales
      • Pelouze candy scales
      • Chatillon trade scales
      • Scalebeam in a case with the image of an elephant
      • Salter spring letter scalebeam
      • WT monetary scales
      • Little Detective scales
      • Letter scales measuring in lots
      • Folding beam coin scales
      • Folding coin scales in a case
      • Young America kitchen scales
      • "Eighth of a pound" cast iron weight
      • Scale Queen letter scales
      • Wooden scalebeam with a movable weight
      • Letter scales with advertising
      • Triner Scales letter scales
      • A weight in the form of a bird
      • Scales for test tubes
      • Fairbanks gun powder scales
      • Salter infant scales
      • De Grave inspection scales
      • Souvenir scales for letters with an eagle
      • Gottlieb Kern decorated letter scales
      • Marshall, Son & Co. letter scales
      • Avery letter scales
      • Avery scales for bread
      • V.H.Marsden trade scales photo
      • Pan scales from Bryansk city
      • Shaler's household scales
      • "Nizhegorodskie" scales for coins
      • Buddy scales for letters
      • Letter scales with a container for stamps
      • Salter letter spring scales
      • ABC egg scales
      • Wooden scalebeam with a hanging pan
      • Salgotarjan household scales
      • Rictus scales for letters
      • Pharmaceutical scales
      • W. Ainsworth scales
      • Fairbanks scalebeam for paper
      • Letter scales with a movable weight
      • Fairbanks letter scales
      • Skre Post scales for letters
      • Separable balance weight "Predmisсev in Tula"
      • Bronze shell iron weights
      • Scales from the Moscow Weight Plant
      • A cast iron weight from Sormovo
      • Kaluga scalebeam
      • Equal-arm scales from Pavlovo village
      • "Bumerang" scalebeam for fishermen
      • An amateur fish-measuring device
      • Pharmaceutical scales in an Avery case
      • More
    • Antique scales
      Antique scales
      • Pharmaceutical scales
      • Scales for coins
      • Scales for newborns
      • Scales for eggs
      • Laboratory scales
      • Letter scales
      • Beranger system balance
      • Warehouse scales
      • Special scales
      • Trade scales
      • Torsion balance
      • Jewelry scales
      • Toy scales
      • Beam scales
      • Kitchen scales
      • Bathroom scales
      • More
    • Antique scalebeam
      Antique scalebeam
      • Qantar scalebeam
      • Kurland scalebeam
      • Roman scales
      • Russian scalebeam
      • Cylinder scalebeam
      • Dial scalebeam
    • Antique weights
      Antique weights
      • Russian weights
        • The USSR
        • The Russian Empire
        • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
      • Oriental weights
      • American weights
      • Europe weights
    • Typography
      Typography
      • Postcards and promo of scales
      • Old photos
      • Schemes and instructions
    Articles
    • Excerpts on the history of the museum
      • Scales and Measures in Russia
      • World history of scales
      • Scales manufacturers
      • Stamps on scales
      • Such different scales
      • Library
      • Archival record
    • World museums
      • Russian museums
      • Foreign museums
    News
    Contacts
    Employees
      РУС
      EN
      Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
      РУС
      EN
      • Museum
        • Назад
        • Museum
        • About Volgograd Museum of Weights and Measures
        • Mass media about the museum
        • Letters of gratitude
        • Picture gallery
        • Ask a question
      • Collection
        • Назад
        • Collection
        • Exhibition
          • Назад
          • Exhibition
          • Jiffy-way egg scales
          • A scalebeam 50 pounds
          • Jiffy-way egg scales
          • Triner letter scales
          • Roberval letter scales
          • Chappee trade weights
          • Polish weights in a case
          • Bilateral letter scales
          • Dragons and Angels Beranger system scales
          • Hartley household ladle scales
          • Jaraso bathroom scales
          • Jernbolaget Eskilstuna kitchen scales
          • Letter scales with two pendulums
          • Pendulum scales on a wooden base
          • The Hobart Manufacturing Co. letter scales
          • Russian scalebeam with a grenade counterweight
          • Martini scale
          • Acme egg scales
          • Khambati scales and balance weight
          • A scalebeam in a triangular shape
          • Roman scales with a pan
          • JM letter scales in a black case
          • Quadrant Balance spring scalebeam
          • Crane weight, 1 ounce
          • Simple decorated scalebeam
          • Dulton household scales with a timer
          • Metric weights set 50 g – 1000 g
          • English trade weights
          • Avery pound balance weight
          • Glass scales
          • Scalebeam for weighing meat
          • Ph. Schwabe manual scales in a case
          • Scalebeam for weighing rate of bread
          • Salter letter scales
          • Presto letter scales
          • Postamatic letter scalebeam
          • Dr. C.H. Fitch prescription scales
          • Silverloy dental scales
          • Pelouze candy scales
          • Chatillon trade scales
          • Scalebeam in a case with the image of an elephant
          • Salter spring letter scalebeam
          • WT monetary scales
          • Little Detective scales
          • Letter scales measuring in lots
          • Folding beam coin scales
          • Folding coin scales in a case
          • Young America kitchen scales
          • "Eighth of a pound" cast iron weight
          • Scale Queen letter scales
          • Wooden scalebeam with a movable weight
          • Letter scales with advertising
          • Triner Scales letter scales
          • A weight in the form of a bird
          • Scales for test tubes
          • Fairbanks gun powder scales
          • Salter infant scales
          • De Grave inspection scales
          • Souvenir scales for letters with an eagle
          • Gottlieb Kern decorated letter scales
          • Marshall, Son & Co. letter scales
          • Avery letter scales
          • Avery scales for bread
          • V.H.Marsden trade scales photo
          • Pan scales from Bryansk city
          • Shaler's household scales
          • "Nizhegorodskie" scales for coins
          • Buddy scales for letters
          • Letter scales with a container for stamps
          • Salter letter spring scales
          • ABC egg scales
          • Wooden scalebeam with a hanging pan
          • Salgotarjan household scales
          • Rictus scales for letters
          • Pharmaceutical scales
          • W. Ainsworth scales
          • Fairbanks scalebeam for paper
          • Letter scales with a movable weight
          • Fairbanks letter scales
          • Skre Post scales for letters
          • Separable balance weight "Predmisсev in Tula"
          • Bronze shell iron weights
          • Scales from the Moscow Weight Plant
          • A cast iron weight from Sormovo
          • Kaluga scalebeam
          • Equal-arm scales from Pavlovo village
          • "Bumerang" scalebeam for fishermen
          • An amateur fish-measuring device
          • Pharmaceutical scales in an Avery case
        • Antique scales
          • Назад
          • Antique scales
          • Pharmaceutical scales
          • Scales for coins
          • Scales for newborns
          • Scales for eggs
          • Laboratory scales
          • Letter scales
          • Beranger system balance
          • Warehouse scales
          • Special scales
          • Trade scales
          • Torsion balance
          • Jewelry scales
          • Toy scales
          • Beam scales
          • Kitchen scales
          • Bathroom scales
        • Antique scalebeam
          • Назад
          • Antique scalebeam
          • Qantar scalebeam
          • Kurland scalebeam
          • Roman scales
          • Russian scalebeam
          • Cylinder scalebeam
          • Dial scalebeam
        • Antique weights
          • Назад
          • Antique weights
          • Russian weights
            • Назад
            • Russian weights
            • The USSR
            • The Russian Empire
            • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
          • Oriental weights
          • American weights
          • Europe weights
        • Typography
          • Назад
          • Typography
          • Postcards and promo of scales
          • Old photos
          • Schemes and instructions
      • Articles
        • Назад
        • Articles
        • Excerpts on the history of the museum
          • Назад
          • Excerpts on the history of the museum
          • Scales and Measures in Russia
          • World history of scales
          • Scales manufacturers
          • Stamps on scales
          • Such different scales
          • Library
          • Archival record
        • World museums
          • Назад
          • World museums
          • Russian museums
          • Foreign museums
      • News
      • Contacts
      • Employees
      • Main page
      • Articles
      • Excerpts on the history of the museum
      • World history of scales
      • History of the metric system creation

      History of the metric system creation

      History of the metric system creation

      By the end of the XIX century, the metric system had been adopted almost all over Europe, with the exception of Greece and England. The rapid spread of this unique system of measures, which we still use today, was facilitated by simplicity, unity, and accuracy.

      By the end of the XIX century, the metric system had been adopted almost all over Europe, with the exception of Greece and England. The rapid spread of this unique system of measures, which we still use today, was facilitated by simplicity, unity, and accuracy.

      Photo Gallery
      • History of the metric system creation
      • History of the metric system creation
      Back to list Next article
      • Excerpts on the history of the museum
        • Scales and Measures in Russia
        • World history of scales
        • Scales manufacturers
        • Stamps on scales
        • Such different scales
        • Library
        • Archival record
      • World museums
      It is interesting
      • Al-Khazini and the Book of the Balance of Wisdom
        Al-Khazini and the Book of the Balance of Wisdom
      • From the history of Chinese weight measures
        From the history of Chinese weight measures
      • Grain and carat. What did it all start from?
        Grain and carat. What did it all start from?
      • Weight units of the Muslim East
        Weight units of the Muslim East
      • Weights and measures of Medieval Europe
        Weights and measures of Medieval Europe
      • Weights and measures of Ancient Chersonesus
        Weights and measures of Ancient Chersonesus
      • Weights and measures of India
        Weights and measures of India
      • Scales and the witch hunt
        Scales and the witch hunt
      • Philipp Matthaus Hahn - a pastor-inventor
        Philipp Matthaus Hahn - a pastor-inventor
      • On the origin of weights and measures
        On the origin of weights and measures
      • History of the kilogram
        History of the kilogram
      • Mina - weight measure of the ancient world
        Mina - weight measure of the ancient world
      • Ancient weights of the Assyrian Empire: the riddle of Nimrud set of weights
        Ancient weights of the Assyrian Empire: the riddle of Nimrud set of weights
      • Bronze lion - the weight of Ancient Abydos
        Bronze lion - the weight of Ancient Abydos
      • Ancient weights of Nibbur, the holy city of  Sumerians. Part 1
        Ancient weights of Nibbur, the holy city of Sumerians. Part 1
      • Ancient weights of Nibbur, the holy city of  Sumerians. Part 2
        Ancient weights of Nibbur, the holy city of Sumerians. Part 2
      • Weight measures of Ancient Greece
        Weight measures of Ancient Greece
      • Commercial weights of Ancient Egypt
        Commercial weights of Ancient Egypt
      • Balance weights of Ancient Anatolia
        Balance weights of Ancient Anatolia
      • Ancient weights of Mesopotamia and Western Syria
        Ancient weights of Mesopotamia and Western Syria
      Museum
      About Volgograd Museum of Weights and Measures
      Mass media about the museum
      Letters of gratitude
      Picture gallery
      Ask a question
      Collection
      Exhibition
      Antique scales
      Antique scalebeam
      Antique weights
      Typography
      Excerpts on the history of the museum
      Scales and Measures in Russia
      World history of scales
      Scales manufacturers
      Stamps on scales
      Such different scales
      Library
      Archival record
      Stay in touch
      Contacts

      +7 (8442) 25-50-50
      Monday-Friday.: from 9:00 to 18:00
      400075, Russia, Volgograd, Aviator Highway, 11A
      museum@vzvt.ru
      © 2022 All rights reserved.
      Site on 1C-Bitrix - 34web