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    • 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
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    • Scales for coins
    • Scales for newborns
    • Scales for eggs
    • Laboratory scales
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    • 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
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      • The USSR
      • The Russian Empire
      • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
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    • Europe weights
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    Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
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    • 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
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    • World museums
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          • 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
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          • 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
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          • Qantar scalebeam
          • Kurland scalebeam
          • Roman scales
          • Russian scalebeam
          • Cylinder scalebeam
          • Dial scalebeam
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          • Antique weights
          • Russian weights
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            • Russian weights
            • The USSR
            • The Russian Empire
            • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
          • Oriental weights
          • American weights
          • Europe weights
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          • Postcards and promo of scales
          • Old photos
          • Schemes and instructions
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          • Such different scales
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      • Kurland scalebeam

      Kurland scalebeam

      Antique Kurland scalebeam (Polish type)

      The name of the Kurland (Livonian, Polish) scalebeam appeared due to the place of its mass production. Such scalebeams were produced by handicraftsmen of the Kurland and Livonia provinces mainly and then they were spread throughout the country.

      The construction of the Kurland scalebeam includes  a double ruler, while one is included in the other. The scale is marked on the first ruler, the counterweight is fixed at its end, and the clamp is fixed on the second ruler, which is used  to hold the scalebeam, and there is a hook or pan under the clamp. While weighing, the ruler with the divisions should be moved into the main ruler with the load in order to achieve the horizontal balance of the construction. The scale of the Kurland scalebeam is uniform. Such scalebeams were produced for about 100 years: from the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. In Russia, they were forbidden to use in trade due to the metrological reform carried out by D.I. Mendeleev in 1899, as a result of which they were not verified since 1901. Low wear resistance and lack of balance pointers were the main reasons for banning. Photos of ancient Kurland scalebeams are presented on this page
      Scalebeam of the polish type with a production date. The weighing capacity range is 40 pounds. 1897
      Scalebeam of the polish type with a production date. The weighing capacity range is 40 pounds. 1897
      Copper scalebeam with an iron hook for load. The weighing capacity range is 80 pounds. 1910
      Copper scalebeam with an iron hook for load. The weighing capacity range is 80 pounds. 1910
      Kurland scalebeam. The weighing capacity range is 55 pounds. The late 19 th – the early XX centuries
      Kurland scalebeam. The weighing capacity range is 55 pounds. The late 19 th – the early XX centuries
      Iron scalebeam of polish type with a production date. 1922
      Iron scalebeam of polish type with a production date. 1922
      Scalebeam of polish type
      Scalebeam of polish type "V.I. Poturoyev in Bolokhov" The weighing capacity range is 100 pounds. 1911

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