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National Wool Museum
Weights
... Metal weight either used on the clipper "Lightning" or made...Metal weight either used on the clipper "Lightning" or made...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Weights Metal weight either used on the clipper ...Metal weight either used on the clipper "Lightning" or made later to commemorate its burning in 1869.Metal weight either used on the clipper "Lightning" or made later to commemorate its burning in 1869.LIGHTNING 1869corio bay, victoria -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Marine diver's weight, 20th century
... metal weight... thick metal disc designed as a marine diver's weight. Disc has ...This weight was worn by a marine diver to help him or her counteract the weight of their diving clothing and equipment and to ascend and descend in the water. The leather straps were threaded through the slots and bars on the weight and the leather panel was worn between the weight and the diver for padding and protection.This marine diver's weight is an example of weights used in the 20th century.A heavy thick metal disc designed as a marine diver's weight. Disc has a horizontal bar inserted into the upper part of the disc and an elongated slot on each side for threading and securing a strap. One leather strap is fitted, the other three straps and a shaped leather rectangular panel are also part of this item but are stored separately. The disc has an inscription.Moulded into weight "BACK"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, marine diving, underwater diving, deep sea diving, diving equipment, diving accessory, diver's weight, metal weight, diving weight -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Scales, Early 20th century
... base with four metal screws and indents for weights. The scale... with four metal screws and indents for weights. The scale mechanism ...These scales would have been used for weighing small items (e.g. letters and packages) in a home or business. These scales have no known local provenance but are retained for display purposes.1 The beam balance scales have a brown wooden rectangular base with four metal screws and indents for weights. The scale mechanism has a round metal dish for weights and a rectangular metal dish to hold the object to be weighed. .2 A circular metal weight 8 oz. .3 A circular metal weight 4 oz. .4 A circular metal weight 2 oz. .5 A circular metal weight 1 oz. .6 A circular metal weight ½ oz. .7 A circular metal weight with a smaller top for ease of holding ½ oz. .8 A circular metal weight 4 drams .2 8 oz. .3 4 oz .4 2 oz. .5 1 oz. .6 ½ oz. .7 ½ oz. .8 4 drams weights and measures, history of warrnambool -
Creswick Museum
Chinese Opium or Gold Scale, circa 1840 - 1880
... holes. Ivory rod. Metal weight is missing...Ivory rod has markings to indicate weight. Metal dish has.... Metal weight is missing Ivory rod has markings to indicate ...Probably brought to the area by Chinese miners or shopkeepers. It was used to weigh small items at a time when goods were often paid in gold. In could also be used for weighing opium. In China it was known as a Dotchin. Creswick had a large Chinese population which arrived circa 1855 and established the Chinese Camp (now Calembeen Park) plus other satelite camps in the area. In 1859 there was over 1,000 residents in the area and many operated as shopkeepers. Joined pieces of wood (bamboo), violin shape case joined with brass rivet together. The case features a long section to house the ivory rod with the bulbous section to house metal dish with four holes. Ivory rod. Metal weight is missingIvory rod has markings to indicate weight. Metal dish has four holesscale, goldrush, gold, miners, opium smoking, shopkeeping -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Apothecary weights
... Seven assorted avoirdupois metal weights, disc shaped... metal weights, disc shaped with depression on top side marked ...Used by Manning Chemist, Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne until 1984.Seven assorted avoirdupois metal weights, disc shaped with depression on top side marked with individual weight.218.1 : on top IMPERIAL . 2lbs . STANDARD, on base 'a crown' 8 VIC G57 218.2 : on top 8oz . IMPERIAL . STANDARD, on base 'a crown' (letters & numbers unclear) 218.3 : on top IMPERIAL 4oz ., on base 'a crown' (letters & numbers unclear) 218.4 : on top IMPERIAL 2oz ., on base marked (letters & numbers unclear) 218.5 : on top 1oz ., on base (letters & numbers unclear) 218.6 : on top 1/2oz . E 'a crown' 8 VIC, on base C57 C55 E53 218.7 : no details -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Scale
... Scale for babies with cane basket and sliding metal weights... with cane basket and sliding metal weights for lbs and ozs on two ...Scale for babies with cane basket and sliding metal weights for lbs and ozs on two separate scale. Scale is worked on a beam balance principle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, scale for babies -
Parks Victoria - Point Hicks Lightstation
Weights
... Four circular metal weights are stored on a metal rod... Four circular metal weights are stored on a metal rod ...A small number of heavy cast iron weights and two rods remain at the Point Hicks Lightstation. These weights comprise one rod with a forked top and four circular weights attached to the bottom of the shaft. The weights and rods were part of the original clockwork mechanism that was fitted beneath the lens to keep the kerosene‐fuelled light turning. They were attached to a cable or chains and moved vertically in similar fashion to the way weights move on grandfather clocks. As the weight fell, the optic clock was driven and the lens was turned. To keep the clock turning, the weight needed to be wound back up to the top of its travel. The cables and weights in this lighthouse were visible as they moved through the length of the tower up to the lantern room. It was usual for systems to move inside a tube extending up to the top, but in this case the tower’s cast iron spiral staircase, which is supported on cantilever cast iron brackets set into the concrete wall, spiralled around the space in which they moved. Lighthouse keepers had the arduous job of having to constantly wind the clock to keep the light active, and at least two keepers needed to observe a strict roster of hours. When electric motors were invented, all of this became redundant and the motors were able to turn the optic for as long as there was power to drive them. In December 1964, the original 1890 Chance Bros kerosene‐fuelled light and clockwork mechanism were replaced by small electric motor, and the number of keepers reduced to two. The six circular weights and rods originate from the obsolete system and may have been part of a larger set. Wilsons Promontory retains seven of its original set of ten weights, all of which are detached from the tower’s weight tube. Cape Schanck has a set of fourteen weights remaining in situ as well as another four detached weights, which have inscriptions. One weight is displayed in the lantern room at Cape Otway. The image shows four of the clockwork weights attached to a rod with a forked top. They were part of the original clockwork mechanism that was fitted beneath the lens to keep the kerosene‐fuelled light turning. The Aldis lamp in its case sits on the floor next to the weights. Source: Parks Victoria.The Point Hicks weights have first level contributory significance for the insights they provide into the superseded technology and operations of a late nineteenth century lighthouse. They are well provenanced and are significant for their historic value as part of the lightstation’s Chance Brothers optical system installed in 1890. Four circular metal weights are stored on a metal rod with a forked section at the top. The weights have a cut out section which allows the weights to be removed easily. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Apothecary weights
... Five thin metal weights for 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 grains. Each... Korumburra gippsland Apothecary weights Five thin metal weights for 1 ...Used at Manning Chemist, Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne until 1984. Described as 'old' by Mr. J Manning in 1984.Five thin metal weights for 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 grains. Each in the shape of the denomination of grains of weight i.e. 6 grains weight in the shape of the figure 6.221.1 on front : 6 grains G67 F61 E63 G65 'a crown' CA5 VIC J54 D59 221.2 on front : 5 grains 'a crown' CA5 VIC J54 F61 E63 G67 C57 G65 D59 221.3 on front : 4 grains C57 D59 'a crown' CA5 VIC J54 F61 G65 E63 G67 221.4 on front : 3 grains F61 J54 'a crown' CA5 VIC E633 D59 C57 222.5 on front : 1 GR C57 'a crown' J54. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - DONEY COLLECTION: COMPLETE SET OF WEIGHTS AND TWEEZERS IN OAK BOX
... for weights & tweezers Box contains: 19 weights 10 minor metal weights... metal weights 1 steel weight 8 brass weights (slight corrosion ...Oak box containing a complete set of weights and tweezers for the Beam Balance (refer 11811.36) removable oak container for weights & tweezers Box contains: 19 weights 10 minor metal weights 1 steel weight 8 brass weights (slight corrosion)nil -
Tennis Australia
Tether ball, Instruction Manual, Circa 1925
... A 'ZIPP-EE' Tennis Opponent. A triangular metal weight... A 'ZIPP-EE' Tennis Opponent. A triangular metal weight with length ...A 'ZIPP-EE' Tennis Opponent. A triangular metal weight with length of elastic (broken in places) and a grey ball. Housed in printed cardboard box. Contains instruction pamphlet. Materials: Metal, Rubber, Felt, Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weight
... Weight metal various sizes (4) ... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Weight metal various sizes (4 ...Weight metal various sizes (4) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, weight -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Apothecary weights
... Six flat square metal drachm weights of various... Korumburra gippsland Apothecary weights Six flat square metal drachm ...Used at Manning Chemist, Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne until 1984.Six flat square metal drachm weights of various denominations, with inscriptions back and front.223.1 : on front 2 DRACHMS E63, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' over CA5 over VIC, C57 F61 L54 G67 D59 G65, on reverse ' ʓɥ ' 223.2 : on front 2 DRACHMS C57, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' over CA5 over VIC, F61 L54 G65 D59 E63, on reverse ' ʓɥ ' G67 223.3 : on front 1 DRACHM C57, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' over CA5 over VIC, E63 L54 G65, on reverse ' ʓi ' D59 223.4 : on front 1 DRACHM E63, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' over CA5 over VIC, F61 L54 D59 E63, on reverse ' ʓi ' ...... 223.5 : on front 1/2 DRACHM E63, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, L54 G65, on reverse ' ʓfs ' C37 D59 F51 223.6 : on front 1/2 DRACHM E63, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, L54, 'a crown', on reverse ' ʓfs ' C57 D59 G6? F61. See also link to photo of similar weights -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Apothecary weights
... 224.6 - Six flat square metal scruple weights of various... Korumburra gippsland Apothecary weights 224.6 - Six flat square metal ...Used at Manning Chemist, Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne until 1984.224.6 - Six flat square metal scruple weights of various denominations, with inscriptions back and front.224.1 : on front 2 SCRUPLES C57, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' , L54 G67 E61 G67 D59 E63, on reverse ' эɥ ' G65 224.2 : on front 2 SCRUPLES C57, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, L54, 'a crown' F61 G67 C57 E63, on reverse ' ʓɥ ' D59 ?65 224.3 : on front 1 SCRUPLE , 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' L over 54, F61, on reverse ' эᶥ ' C57 D59 224.4 : on front 1 SCRUPLE, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield' 54, 'a crown' L over 54 D59, on reverse ' эᶥ ' C57 F61 224.5 : on front 1/2 SCRUPLE D59 C??, on reverse, 'эfs ' L54, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield 54 224.6 : on front 1/2 SCRUPLE C57, on reverse, 'эfs ' L54, 'a crown, 'a crown' over E.R over 2 'a shield 54. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - QC BINKS COLLECTION: 8 DRAM WEIGHT
... Gold coloured metal 8 Dram Weight.... BENDIGO Gold mining QC Binks QC Binks weight Gold coloured metal 8 ...Gold coloured metal 8 Dram Weight.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, qc binks, weight -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - SWORD ACCESSORIES, Later 19th century
... & metal buckles with red suede pouch and 2 chains with metal... chains with metal weights attached. Accessory SWORD ACCESSORIES ...Items belonged to Thomas Hope HENDERSON J P 1833-1899 who was the Captain comanding the Sandhurst Troop..3) Lanyard with 2 knots at one end and a hook at the other. .4) A Sam Browne type belt of red leather, silver braid & "S" buckle. .5) Ceremonial belt made of red leather, silver braid & metal buckles with red suede pouch and 2 chains with metal weights attached. acessories, ceremonial, military, sandhurst troop -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Weight
... Weight metal disc 4lbs imperial standard. Has indentation... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Equipment Weight metal disc 4lbs ...Weight metal disc 4lbs imperial standard. Has indentation in top for stacking and relief print.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Weight
... Weight metal disc 2lbs. Has indentation in top for stacking... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Equipment Weight metal disc 2lbs ...Weight metal disc 2lbs. Has indentation in top for stacking and with inscription around perimeter indecipherable.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Weight Belt
... Yellow diving weigh belt with 5 weights and metal clasp... melbourne Weight Belt Yellow diving weigh belt with 5 weights ...Yellow diving weigh belt with 5 weights and metal clasp -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Weight, Jabez & John Whitehouse Phoenix Foundry, Mid 19th to early 20th century
... Weight, metal, 14 pound or 1 stone weight with a lifting... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Functional object Weight, metal ...This cast iron weight was made in England by Jabez and John Whitehouse ironfounders of Tipton and who founded the company in 1848. J. Whitehouse owned and operated the Phoenix Foundry, in Castle Street, Tipton, Staffordshire, England. The Whitehouse family at the Phoenix Foundry produced cast-iron goods including this weight from the mid 1800s until the early 1900s. John Whitehouse died in 1893.An item made by one of the many ironfounders that operated foundries in the West Midlands of England giving a snapshot into the history of making cast iron objects at a time before plastics and other modern materials when most utilitarian items were made of cast iron by ironfounders.Weight, metal, 14 pound or 1 stone weight with a lifting handle. Three round indentations underneath."Whitehouse" inscribed at one end, "14" at the other flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, weight, stone weight, weights and measures, j & j whitehouse, phoenix foundry, tipton uk, cast iron weight -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Platform Scales
... and on the end a loop for a metal weight holder. The holder is designed... and on the end a loop for a metal weight holder. The holder is designed ...Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796 –1886) was an American inventor. of heating and cook stoves, cast iron ploughs, and other items. His greatest success was the invention and manufacture of the platform scale, which allowed the weighing of large objects accurately. Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1796, the son of Joseph Fairbanks (1763–1846) and Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760–1853). His uncle was Ephraim Paddock, the brother of Phebe Paddock. In 1815 he moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and set up a wheelwright's shop above his father's gristmill. In 1820 he married Lucy Peck Barker and In 1824 he built an iron foundry. his brother Erastus joined him to establish E. and T. Fairbanks, a partnership to manufacture heating stoves, cast iron ploughs a design for which he patented in 1826. In 1830 Fairbanks and Erastus became interested in the raising and processing of hemp. Fairbanks went on to patent a hemp and flax dressing machine and became the manager of the St. Johnsbury Hemp Company. He also built a set of scales that would measure large loads of hemp accurately, as there were no reliable scales at the time. Upon the success of building these scales, his brothers recommended that he make and sell these for general use. Fairbanks' most famous invention then became the platform scale for weighing heavy objects. These are commonly known as the Fairbanks Scales, for which he patented his original design in 1830. Before this time, accurate weighing of objects required hanging them from a balancing beam as a result, particularly heavy or ungainly objects could not be weighed accurately. A platform scale, if large enough, could weigh an entire wagon. By placing a full wagon on the scale, unloading it, and then placing it on the scale when empty, it became possible to easily and accurately calculate the weight and value of farm produce and other loads. In 1834 Fairbanks and his brother formed "E. and T. Fairbanks and Company" to manufacture and sell these platform scales. These scales were well known in the United States and around the world resulting in the company doubling in volume every three years from 1842 to 1857. There was a temporary slow down during the American Civil War, however, the business took off again after the war. Their partnership was incorporated in 1874 into a firm known as "Fairbanks Scale Company". These platform scales revolutionized weighing methods of large loads and have been in use ever since. Portable platform scales are found in almost every hardware store, physician's office, and manufacturing factory throughout the United States and the world. The first railway track platform scale patent was granted to Fairbanks on January 13, 1857, as Patent No. 16,381. In 1916 the company was purchased by ”Fairbanks, Morse and Company”. Ownership of the company has since changed several times, but Fairbanks Scales continue to be made in St. Johnsbury Vermont to this day. Fairbanks had received 43 patents in his lifetime with the last one at the age of 91. He died on April 12, 1886, and is buried at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. An early example of the first type of platform scale that revolutionised the weighing of goods throughout the world made in the USA around the turn of the 19th century. Commercially built platform scale on wheels. Cast iron base supports iron weighing platform with wooden floor. At back, square hollow wooden post supports a hooded rod which bears the weight of the platform and which hooks onto a brass balancing arm, marked in pounds up to 50. There is a cylindrical sliding weight and on the end a loop for a metal weight holder. The holder is designed for three circular pieces of metal with a slit to the centre. The weights used are 50, 100 and 200 lbs.Embossed to base Fairbanks Patent No 11 1/2, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, platform scales -
Clunes Museum
Equipment - DYE SCALES IN CABINET
... SET OF METAL SCALES AND WEIGHTS USED TO WEIGH DYE... IN CABINET Equipment SET OF METAL SCALES AND WEIGHTS USED TO WEIGH ...METALIC SCALES USED IN DYE ROOM AT CLUNES KNITTING MILL KNOWN AS CLUNES INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. FROM COMPLETE SET OF SEVEN WEIGHTS FROM .100 TO 1 GRAMSSET OF METAL SCALES AND WEIGHTS USED TO WEIGH DYE SUBSTANCES AT CLUNES KNITTING MILL. ENCASED IN A GLASS AND TIMBER CABINETlocal history, textile, knitting mill interknit hosiery co. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
scales, Chatillon
... Large metal baby scales and weights with attached white... gippsland scales Large metal baby scales and weights with attached ...Many Orbost babies were weighed on these scales in the early 1920's.The Orbost Hospital has always been a significant part of local history and present. This item reflects that.Large metal baby scales and weights with attached white cane baby basket.Back- Approved 17 serial Hscales medicine-nursing baby-scales wicker-basket orbost-hospital -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weight
... Weight metal including 4lb, 2lb, 1lb, 8oz, 4oz inscription... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Weight metal including 4lb, 2lb ...Weight metal including 4lb, 2lb, 1lb, 8oz, 4oz inscription. Enbossed "Crane F Co Wolverhampton" (5) rusted.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Baby weighing scales, Seca
... of the base is a notched metal bar which has a sliding metal weight so... which has a sliding metal weight so the bar will balance ...Cream painted stand with a moving sprung table top attached. On top of the table sits a woven cane basket with a wooden base. The top edge of the basket is is plaited cane and painted gold. The other cane is painted white. It is lined with a piece of white towelling on which the baby would lie. Attached on the side of the base is a notched metal bar which has a sliding metal weight so the bar will balance. It is marked with 2, 4, 6, 8 etc up to 30 lb and a smaller upper bar measures ounces. There is a framed pamphlet hanging above the scales with instructions for using the scales.Ounce measures 0, 4, 8, 12, 1 (pound) Made in Germany 24767. Triangle shape with the word Seca inside -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - GOLD SCALES, W. & T. AVERY LATE T. BEACH. BIRNINGHAM ENGLAND. METAL BOX FOR WEIGHTS MANF. BY BELL & BLACK LONDON
... GOLD SCALES ON WOODEN BASE WITH DRAWER. INCLUDING METAL BOX.... INCLUDING METAL BOX FOR WEIGHTS. ALSO CONTAINING GOLD DUST, DUSTER ...THESE GOLD SCALES WERE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM BY MRS. JOAN SANDWITH. HER HUSBAND DON BOUGHT THEM WITH THE VIEW TO PRESENT THEM TO THE MUSEUM.GOLD SCALES ON WOODEN BASE WITH DRAWER. INCLUDING METAL BOX FOR WEIGHTS. ALSO CONTAINING GOLD DUST, DUSTER AND SMALL WEIGHT. 13 ITEMS IN TOTALlocal history, scales, gold, mining -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Standard avoirdupois weights, Avery Ltd, 1950s
... Weights, metal, silver electroplated, 1 x 2lb, 2 x 4lb, 1 x... object Weights, metal, silver electroplated, 1 x 2lb, 2 x 4lb, 1 ...A weight made in England by W&T Avery a British manufacturer of weights and weighing machines. The company was founded in the early 18th century and took the name W & T Avery in 1818. The undocumented origin of the company goes back to 1730 when James Ford established the business in the town of Digbeth. On Joseph Balden, the then company’s owner’s death in 1813 William and Thomas Avery took over his scale making business and in 1818 renamed it W & T Avery. The business rapidly expanded and in 1885 they owned three factories: the Atlas Works in West Bromwich, the Mill Lane Works in Birmingham and the Moat Lane Works in Digbeth. In 1891 the business became a limited company with a board of directors and in 1894 the shares were quoted on the London Stock Exchange. In 1895 the company bought the legendary Soho Foundry in Smethwick, a former steam engine factory owned by James Watt & Co. In 1897 the move was complete and the steam engine business was gradually converted to pure manufacture of weighing machines. The turn of the century was marked by managing director William Hipkins who was determined to broadening the renown of the Avery brand and transforming the business into specialist manufacture of weighing machines. By 1914 the company occupied an area of 32,000m² and had some 3000 employees. In the inter-war period, the growth continued with the addition of specialized shops for cast parts, enamel paints and weighbridge assembly and the product range diversified into counting machines, testing machines, automatic packing machines and petrol pumps. During the second world war, the company also produced various types of heavy guns. At that time the site underwent severe damage from parachute mines and incendiary bombs. Then from 1931 to 1973, the company occupied the 18th-century Middlesex Sessions House in Clerkenwell as its headquarters. Changes in weighing machine technology after World War II led to the closure of the foundry, the introduction of electronic weighing with the simultaneous gradual disappearance of purely mechanical devices. The continued expansion was partly achieved through a series of acquisitions of other companies. After almost a century of national and international expansion, the company was taken over by GEC in 1979. Keith Hodgkinson, managing director at the time, completed the turn-around from mechanical to electronic weighing with a complete overhaul of the product range of retail sales of industrial platform scales. In 1993 GEC took over the Dutch-based company Berkel and the Avery-Berkel name was introduced. In 2000 the business was in turn acquired by the US-American company Weigh-Tronix, who already owned Salter, and is today operating as Avery Weigh-Tronix. An item used used by grocers and merchants to weigh store bought goods around the 1950s. This item gives an insight into social history of the time.Weights, metal, silver electroplated, 1 x 2lb, 2 x 4lb, 1 x 7lb. (4) all government stamped, made by Avery Ltd.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, weight, imperial weight, imperial standard weights and measures, imperial standard weight -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weight
... Paper Weight, metal with coins insert in top. A 1912... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Paper Weight, metal with coins ...Paper Weight, metal with coins insert in top. A 1912 threepence and a 1913 halfpenny. Marked around edge "HMAS Brisbane" "Keel Laid January 25th 1913".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, hmas brisbane, 1912 threepence, 1913 halfpenny, paper weight -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weight
... Weight metal disc with cut away section. Weight... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Weight Weight metal disc with cut away ...Weight metal disc with cut away section. Weight measurements in lbs and cwt (5). As in weight - 14 - 16, 28lb, 56lb, 1 CWT, 2 CWT. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Vision Australia
Functional object - Object, Very long white cane
... Ideal because of it's light weight, metal canes were... Object Functional object Very long white cane White metal cane ...Ideal because of it's light weight, metal canes were developed, some with a rubber grip that could slide down the cane and allow the user's hands to hold the cane comfortably. This cane has a noticably small crook which, given it's long length, was presumably not used by the owner to hold it. The tip of the crook and end of the cane are enveloped in plastic protectors.White metal cane with rubber on handle and tipassistive devices, orientation and mobility -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Scale
... Scale metal 3 parts; dish, weights and balance mechanism... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Scale Instrument Scale metal 3 parts ...Scale metal 3 parts; dish, weights and balance mechanism. In this case the 3 weights have been glued together and onto this platform side of the balance mechanism. Black.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village