Re: VMs: Libra

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

For scales, how could I have possibly overlooked the International Society 
of Antique Scale Collectors (ISASC)?
	http://www.isasc.org/home.htm

...and here's the Dutch Association of Scales and Weights Collectors 
website, plus their list of scale-related museums across Europe:-
	http://home.planet.nl/~gmvv/
	http://home.planet.nl/~gmvv/musea.html

There are some amazing scales to be seen:-
	http://www.antiquescalecollector.com/pages/846445/index.htm

The closest one I've found (to the VMs' Libra) is a "Poison Scale", a 
'brass beam scale with buckets made of porcelain include the text "MOSCHUS" 
( Musk)':-
	http://scales-and-weights.net/scales/scaleidx.htm
	http://scales-and-weights.net/scales/html/pharma/beammoschus.htm

Another bibliography / book-list on weights:-
	http://www.galatacoins.demon.co.uk/books/weight.html

Rene is correct, in that these hand-scales are completely standard - 
however, as materials and scale production techniques evolved, so perhaps 
did the standard (after all, the point about hand scales would surely have 
been they were portable - so weight would have been important, etc). 
Certainly, the (later) hand-scales I've seen online seem quite a lot 
lighter than the VMs, so who knows? :-)

Also, perhaps different types of scale-user would have used different types 
of dish... OK, there may not be *that* much more to find out here, but 
you'll never know if a deep dish will lead to a deep pan (pizza) until you 
try. :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....


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