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Scales

ScalesThroughout the history of mankind weight has always been an important factor in society, we are not talking only human just weight but also the weight of objects.

The scale or balance was important in ancient times to determine the price of things like food and tools were sold at the time, from this time reflects the importance of scale to the development of some human activities such as mercantilism.

The weighing scale or older has its beginnings in the year 5000 BC, where the first signs of weight measurement were made by the Babylonians and Egyptians. These rustic scales were so efficient that the error was only 2 percent, experts said today.

This useful tool begins its development better known in ancient Rome, where the invention of the balance by charging merchants for the products was the main development to what they are today. Read the rest of this entry »

Industrial Scale

Industrial ScaleThe scales employed in industry take many forms depending on the object to be weighed. Thus the scales can be a platform, hanging scale style, U, or adapt many other forms.

These devices can be used to weigh all kinds of objects, animals, people, vehicles, food, drugs, jewelry, finding plenty of specific models for each function.

In each case we will need different accuracies, so that when a food despite such precision is less important than the jewelry though. The absolute accuracy depends on the weight, so ask for much more precise the higher the price of the scale.