Weigh Beam
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A short dictionary entry on the weigh-beam from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, illustrated with an engraving (Fig. 7142) of one of Fairbanks's cotton-weigher's beams. The beam is mounted on an A-frame stand and suspends a cradle holding a cotton bale. The text notes it can also weigh barrels, pig-iron, hams and other merchandise.
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- Article
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- 1876
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- English
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