platform scale
Americannoun
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In the 1800s, the Fairbanks brothers moved to town, earning their fortune through the invention and production of the platform scale; they founded a museum, athenaeum and academy, all operating to this day.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2020
Thaddeus Fairbanks built the first platform scale in Vermont in 1830.
From Inc • Jul. 22, 2011
Horace Fairbanks, whose uncle invented the platform scale, and whose family built the invention into the Fairbanks scale works, made the standard trip to Europe, returning with the usual milky-white copies of classics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale in St. Johnsbury, Vt. in 1830.
From Time Magazine Archive
At every town is a huge platform scale for weighing wagon and load, deducting the weight of the former from the united weight of both to find the quantity of tobacco offered for sale.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.
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