Computing Scales
Subject
Weighing - Commercial
Description
This collection is price computing scales—scales that indicate the price as well as the weight.
Collection Items
Computing Scale Co., Dayton Beehive balance
This price computing scale has three distinguishing features, one of which gives it our common name of a “beehive” balance. It was made by The Computing Scale Company of Dayton, Ohio―commonly referred to as “Dayton” scale.
“Beehive” refers to the…
Standard Computing Scale, Detroit Barrel-top platform
This barrel-top, porcelain-coated price computing scale was sold in a highly competitive environment where other companies made a similar product. This example has a 30-pound (13.6 kg) capacity, with price graduations from 3 to 60 cents per pound. A…
Dayton/Hobart Computing Scale Barrel-top platform
This porcelain-coated, barrel-top price computing scale is near the end of an era for the Dayton brand. It has a typical 30-pound (13.6 kg) capacity and is labeled as Style 6663, serial number 1159749. There is a slide-out glass window on the…
Sanitary Computing Scale Barrel-top platform
The Sanitary Scale Company made this barrel-top platform scale. It is porcelain-coated, and the base and pedestal are cast iron—making this a relatively heavy scale. The visual distinguishing feature is the hexagonal barrel-casing, pan, and…
Pennsylvania Scale Fan dial
This fan-dial scale was made for both metric and United States-standard weighing, with a rather unusual weight chart. The chart has graduations to 500 grams on the top and 1.1 pounds on the bottom.
The weight chart further divides the grams into nine…
Detroit Automatic Computing Scale Fan dial, large capacity
The Detroit Automatic Scale Co. was the distributor of this scale, model 75, but it was not the originator. The total capacity is 100 pounds (45 kg), with 10 pounds on the fan dial, 10 pounds on the tare beam, and 80 pounds that could be added on the…
Stimpson Computing Scale, Louisville Fan dial
This fan-dial scale is, according to a sales brochure, Model No. 30, "Grocer―General Store" with a 30-pound (13.6 kg) capacity. The shape is unique, with the goods plate and mechanism set at an angle to the fan dial. This design has been seen only on…
Bulgarian Computing Scale Fan-dial Inclination Scale
This is a "Neigungsschaltwaage" type of fan-dial price computing scale, made in Bulgaria. One translation of "Neigungsschaltwaage" is “Inclination scale.” In the German version of Wikipedia, "Inclination scales were developed and built several times…
Standard Computing Scale, Detroit Premier, chart-beam
This price computing scale, by the Standard Computing Scale Co., Limited, of Detroit, has two uncommon features. One is obvious: The chart-beam―and it has two sides (like the one used by Walter Stimpson) which expands the available price range. The…
Computing Scale Company, Dayton Beams
This price computing scale is made by The Computing Scale Company of Dayton, Ohio―commonly referred to as “Dayton” scale. It is much the same as original Dayton scales, which go back to 1891, creating the first commercially successful price computing…
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