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Salter (Manufacturer)

A brass spring balance with a ring at the top by which it would be hung, and a hook at the bottom for hanging the item to be weighed. The balance is inscribed 'Salter's Improved Spring Balance // Warranted', and measures weights up to 24 lbs. It is part of the Rumble Collection.

1 spring balance; brass

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley, Berkshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 10.9.92 // Description: Brass spring balances with a ring at the top for hanging and a hook at the bottom for the item to be weighed // Inscription: SALTER’S IMPROVED SPRING BALANCE WARRANTED // (1) No 2 weighs up to 30 lbs – 18.5 cm long // (2) weights up to 24 lbs – 16.0 cms long // Dimensions: Total length: (1) 32.0 cm (2) 30.0 cm // Associated information: No other information // Part of a collection acquired from Mr Rumble. // References:’