Postal; Balance Bar Scale

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Postal; Balance Bar Scale

Entry/Object ID

2011.012.001

Description

Postal scale, balance bar type, grey platform and housing and frame, chrome-plated [?] balance bar. Scale calibrated in 1/2 ounce increments to a maximum 16 ounces [1 pound]. Printed paper postal rates chart in front frame, gives rates for local, first class, foreign, Canada air mail, USA air mail, printed matter and surface parcel post. [The rate for a local 1-ounce letter is 4 cents]. A hole in the end of the support for the balance beam is marked "To/Balance//Turn Screw". A decal affixed to platform support reads: "Triner/Air Mail/Accuracy/Scale/Model AA-1". Below is an applied brass plaque stamped: "Not Legal/For Trade". On the side of the platform support is stamped in white: "Triner/Scale & Mfg. Co./Chicago, Ill./ Patents Pending" and above it a deteriorated adhesive seal which reads in part: " … Daw…/387-389 Notre [D]ame St. W./[M]ontre[al].

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Vanosch, Greg

Notes

Accession Date: 02-Nov-11

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Scale

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

postal; balance bar scale

Created By

Atkins, Anne; Jones, Isabel

Create Date

November 9, 2011

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 15, 2025