Set Of French Antique Scales
These beautiful French antique scales have been made from cast iron and brass. They have a striking patina, having once been painted green with gold edging. The top of the scales is marked with ‘FORCE’ and ‘5 KILOG’. There are two brass pans, one deep and the other shallow. These scales are known as Roberval scales.
The earliest scales date back to around 2000BC, where they were discovered in Egypt. In 1669 French mathematician, Gilles Personne de Roberval presented the Roberval weighing scale to the French Academy of Sciences. This revolutionised the concept of weighing with scales. The Roberval scale was a weighing scale with a parallelogram frame attached to a vertical column. This structure had freely moving sides with pans placed on the vertical beam. The design of these Roberval scales, meant that they would be balanced regardless of where the sample and weight were placed in the pans, as long as their masses were the same. The sample could be placed anywhere on the pan. Many of the antique French scales we see today are examples of Roberval scales. They were used widely as commercial weighing machines.
These amazing scales are an enduring piece of history. They are quite heavy due to the cast iron component. They are approximately 45 cms in length, 12 cms in width and 33 cms in height including the pans. These decorative old Roberval scales look stunning in a kitchen. They can be filled with fruit or any other items to give a rustic and French provincial look.
These beautiful French antique scales have been made from cast iron and brass. They have a striking patina, having once been painted green with gold edging. The top of the scales is marked with ‘FORCE’ and ‘5 KILOG’. There are two brass pans, one deep and the other shallow. These scales are known as Roberval scales.
The earliest scales date back to around 2000BC, where they were discovered in Egypt. In 1669 French mathematician, Gilles Personne de Roberval presented the Roberval weighing scale to the French Academy of Sciences. This revolutionised the concept of weighing with scales. The Roberval scale was a weighing scale with a parallelogram frame attached to a vertical column. This structure had freely moving sides with pans placed on the vertical beam. The design of these Roberval scales, meant that they would be balanced regardless of where the sample and weight were placed in the pans, as long as their masses were the same. The sample could be placed anywhere on the pan. Many of the antique French scales we see today are examples of Roberval scales. They were used widely as commercial weighing machines.
These amazing scales are an enduring piece of history. They are quite heavy due to the cast iron component. They are approximately 45 cms in length, 12 cms in width and 33 cms in height including the pans. These decorative old Roberval scales look stunning in a kitchen. They can be filled with fruit or any other items to give a rustic and French provincial look.
These beautiful French antique scales have been made from cast iron and brass. They have a striking patina, having once been painted green with gold edging. The top of the scales is marked with ‘FORCE’ and ‘5 KILOG’. There are two brass pans, one deep and the other shallow. These scales are known as Roberval scales.
The earliest scales date back to around 2000BC, where they were discovered in Egypt. In 1669 French mathematician, Gilles Personne de Roberval presented the Roberval weighing scale to the French Academy of Sciences. This revolutionised the concept of weighing with scales. The Roberval scale was a weighing scale with a parallelogram frame attached to a vertical column. This structure had freely moving sides with pans placed on the vertical beam. The design of these Roberval scales, meant that they would be balanced regardless of where the sample and weight were placed in the pans, as long as their masses were the same. The sample could be placed anywhere on the pan. Many of the antique French scales we see today are examples of Roberval scales. They were used widely as commercial weighing machines.
These amazing scales are an enduring piece of history. They are quite heavy due to the cast iron component. They are approximately 45 cms in length, 12 cms in width and 33 cms in height including the pans. These decorative old Roberval scales look stunning in a kitchen. They can be filled with fruit or any other items to give a rustic and French provincial look.
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