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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This Independent Scale Company price computing scale has a capacity of 25 pounds (11.4 kg). Its long description is a vertical barrel (or “cylinder”) scale mounted on a platform. The prices go from 4 to 40 cents per ounce, starting with 4 cents at…

This Stimpson Computing Scale Co. horizontal barrel (or “cylinder”) platform scale, made in Detroit, achieved the highest degree of ornamental cast metalwork of all known price computing scales. The ornate casting is even on the metal bracket that…

This very attractive vertical barrel price computing scale is mounted on a platform. It has a 25-pound (11.4 kg) capacity with prices from 4 to 40 cents per ounce. The Kansas City Scale & Supply Co. appears to have only made one model―the one…

This is a Stimpson high-capacity price computing scale, which, by weighing up to 100 pounds (45 kg), made it unusual in the market. It is a “Grocer―General Store” model 105. A hardware version had a square platform with metal covering the view of the…