![]() ![]() This book includes commercial weighing instruments for merchandise and raw materials in workshops as well as symbolic weighing in the ancient Egyptian’s ceremony of ‘Weighing of the Heart’, the Greek fate balance, the Roman Justitia, Juno Moneta and Middle Ages scenes of the Last Judgement with Jesus or St. Several hundred photographs, reproductions and drawings show instruments and their uses. As additional guidance, today’s manufacturers are listed and the profile of important companies is reviewed. Methods of indirect mass determination, which are applied to very light objects like molecules and the basic particles of matter and celestial bodies, are included. All balance types are described with emphasis on scientific balances. It covers the history of the balance from the beginnings in Egypt earlier than 3000 BC to recent developments. The book deals mainly with direct mass determination by means of a conventional balances.
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