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Description: | Hunterian Museum G.1987.60 (typed on a spirit gummed label, removed), Makrs tade mark and trade name STANTON. 5221 (serial number possibly of the balance to which the set belonged). The weights are stamped 1g,2g,3g,5g,8g and 10g. MANU Stanton Instruments Ltd. 20th century London England Used for calibrating and adjusting the balance in a regular regime to ensure that the readings remained free of errors due to wear of the knife edges and other disturbances. These weights could also be used to tare the balance. It is important that these weights should not be lifted by hand the tweezers should always be used. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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