Une ancienne gravure de petites balances de magasin ou de comptoir fabriquée par E et T Fairbanks and Company dans les années 1800. Il est issu d'un livre victorien d'ingénierie mécanique des années 1880. Ces balances à usage général ont été utilisées dans les épiceries et au Canada. L'échelle «d» possède une petite surface de plate-forme ainsi que la casserole ou le bol traditionnel. American Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796–1886) était un inventeur américain. En 1824, il construit une fonderie de fer à St Johnsbury, Vermont, États-Unis avec son frère Erastus. L’invention la plus célèbre de Fairbanks, « The Fairbanks Scale », une échelle de plateforme, capable de peser de grandes charges.

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• ID de l’image: 2E02HYF
• Taille du fichier: 48,7 MB (1,9 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4961 x 3433 px | 42 x 29,1 cm | 16,5 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 16 décembre 2020
• Lieu: St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA

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An old engraving of small shop or counter scales manufactured by E and T Fairbanks and Company in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. These general-use, balance scales were used in grocery stores and domestically. Scale ‘d’ has a small platform area as well as the traditional pan or bowl. American Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796 –1886) was an American inventor. He was an inventor of stoves, ploughs and other items. His greatest success was the invention and manufacture of the platform scale, which allowed the weighing of large objects accurately. In 1815 he moved to St Johnsbury, Vermont, USA and set up a wheelwright's shop. In 1824 he built an iron foundry and his brother Erastus joined him. In 1830 Thaddeus and Erastus became interested in hemp and flax production. Thaddeus built a set of platform scales that would measure large loads of hemp, as there were no accurate scales at that time to do this. Upon the success of the scales his most famous invention, ‘The Fairbanks Scales’, was patented in 1830. In 1834 Fairbanks and his brothers formed E and T Fairbanks and Company to manufacture and sell platform and other types of scales. A platform scale, if big enough, can even weigh a large vehicle and its load. These revolutionised the weighing of large loads and have been in use ever since. The first railway track platform scale patent was granted to Fairbanks in 1857. Fairbanks Scales continue to be made in St Johnsbury.

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