400075, Russia, Volgograd, Aviator Highway, 11A
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Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
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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
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      Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
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      • 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
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      • Antique scales

      Antique scales

      A weighing scale is a device to measure weight or mass. According to various estimates, it was created from 5000 to 7000 years ago. The oldest scales that have ever been found by the archeologists were dated to 3000 years BC. They were equal-arm scales found in Egypt with pans hanging on threads on arm ends (pan scales). In order to determine the weight of an object, people put it on one pan and the weights on another pan which were the generally accepted standards of weight. At present, scales are used in almost all spheres of human activity. Nowadays, we can measure the weight of the objects which our ancestors didn’t even think to measure. The modern scales can show the weight of a human hair or characters written with ink on a sheet of paper. At the same time, it is easy to weigh an elephant or a loaded wagon. In laboratories the special scales are used which allow scientists to determine weight with an accuracy of 1/100 000 000! The photos of ancient scales are presented in this section.

      Bathroom scales
      Bathroom scales
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      Kitchen scales
      Kitchen scales
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      Beam scales
      Beam scales
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      Toy scales
      Toy scales
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      Jewelry scales
      Jewelry scales
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      Torsion balance
      Torsion balance
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      Trade scales
      Trade scales
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      Special scales
      Special scales
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      Warehouse scales
      Warehouse scales
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      Beranger system balance
      Beranger system balance
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      Letter scales
      Letter scales
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      Laboratory scales
      Laboratory scales
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      Scales for eggs
      Scales for eggs
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      Scales for newborns
      Scales for newborns
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      Scales for coins
      Scales for coins
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      Pharmaceutical scales
      Pharmaceutical scales
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      • Exhibition
      • 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
      • Antique weights
      • Typography
      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

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