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Cotton Cloth Calculating Balance

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Cotton Cloth Calculating Balance

Style No. 5005

To ascertain the number of yeards per pound of fabric of any width without calculation or use of weights.

Sensitiveness 4 miligrams
Sensitiveness 1/15 grain
Sample carrier 50 inches by 1 inch
Slide beam Upper, 20 yards per pound to 10 yards.
Upper, 20 yards to 16 yards by 1/5.
Upper, 16 yards to 10 yards by 1/10.
Lower, 10 yards per pound to 2 yards.
Lower, 10 yards to 5 yards by 1/10.
Lower, 5 yards to 2 yards by 1/20.
Measurements 10.5 by 6 by 8.25 inches

Woolen Cloth and Duck Calculating Balance

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Woolen Cloth and Duck Calculating Balance

Torsion textile balances are in a class entirely by themselves. Used by U. S War Dept., Navy Dept., Bureau of Standards, the textile trade, etc.

Style No. 5000

To ascertain the exact weight in ounces or grams of a running yard or meter of cloth of any width without calculation or use of weights.

Sensitiveness 6.5 miligram
Sensitiveness 0.1 grain
Sample carrier 140 centimeters by 2 centimeters
Sample carrier 60 inches by 1 inch
Slide beam Upper, 1000 grams by 5 grams
Lower, 36 ounces by 2/10 ounce.
Measurements 11 by 5.5 by 7.5 inches

A 2 by 2 inch square sample is placed under clip on carrier at the graduation corresponding to the width of the cloth. Balance by means of the slide weight on the beam, and the weight per running yard or meter is indicated.

To read in grams, set sample at centimeter graduation. To read in ounces, set at inches.

Silk Balance nos. 1002, 1010

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Silk Balance

Style Nos. 1002, 1010

Style Nos. 1002 1010
Capacity kilos 2 4,5
Capacity pounds 5 10
Sensitiveness gram 0,1 1/6
Sensitiveness grains 1,5 2,5
Pan, brass inches 7 by 8 8,75 by 11
Weight plate inches 5 6
Length of beam inches 9 12
Slide beam 1 ounce by 1/100 ounce, or, if specified, 10 ounces by 0,1
Finish Black Japan

Textile Scale no. 4585

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Textile Scale

Style No. 4585

A sensitive scale used in the textile trade for weighing samples of fabric.

Capacity 1 lb. (500 grams)
Sensitiveness 1/4 grain (16 mg.)
Pan, nickel silver, removable 5 inches
Slide beam 0 to 0,1 lb. (avoir.) in 1/1000 lb. graduations.
No small weights, 1/1000 lb. to 0,1 lb. required.
Case Gold finish
Measurements 13 by 6 by 8,25 inches

Underwear Balance no. 4040

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Underwear Balance

Style No. 4040

Ascertaubs tge weight per garment and per dozen garments withour calculation or use of weights.

Capacity 10 pounds (4,5 kg.)
Sensitiveness 5 grains (1/3 gram)
Scoop, brass, nickel-plated 18,75 by 9 by 5,5 inches
Weight plate 6 inches
Length of beam 12 inches
Slide beam Upper, 48 ounces by 1/4 ounce.
Lower, 36 pounds by 4 ounces to read weight per dozen.
Finish Black Japan

Upper graduation may also be used for ordinary weighing.