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Item 2154 of 2719

Brocant antique balance / market scale

SKU: 1331

Brocant market balance 10Kg. 

Very nice brocant iron balance with brass scales. A stunning decoration. Nowadays often put in the windowsill as showpiece with potted plants. 

Weighing scales (or weigh scales or scales) are devices to measure weight or calculate mass. Spring balances or spring scales measure weight (force) by balancing the force due to gravity against the force on a spring, whereas a balance or pair of scales using a balance beam compares masses by balancing the weight due to the mass of an object against the weight of a known mass or masses. Either type can be calibrated to read in units of force such as newtons, or in units of mass such as kilograms, but the balance or pair of scales using a traditional balance beam to compare masses will read correctly for mass even if moved to a place with a different (non-zero) gravitational field strength (but would then not read correctly if calibrated in units of force), while the spring balance would read correctly in force in a different gravitational field strength (but would not read correctly if calibrated in units of mass). 

  • Length: 57 cm. 
  • Width: 22 cm. 
  • Height: 18,5 cm. 
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