Beige plastic case; flip-top lid; interior moulded frame for 13 weights of graduated value; weights are brass with a silver core; with maker and weight engraved to top; maker and item name to top of lid.
Beige plastic case; flip-top lid; interior moulded frame for 13 weights of graduated value; weights are brass with a silver core; with maker and weight engraved to top; maker and item name to top of lid.
Number Of Parts
14
Part Names
a - box - Size:
b - 2 lb - Size:
c - 1 lb - Size:
d - 8 oz - Size:
e - 4 oz - Size:
f - 2 oz - Size:
g - 1 oz - Size:
h - 1/2 oz - Size:
i - 1/2 oz - Size:
j - 1/4 oz - Size:
k - 1/8 oz - Size:
l - 1/16 oz - Size:
m - 1/16 oz - Size:
n - 1/32 oz - Size:
Maker
OHAUS
Dates
1945
1955
circa 1945-1955
Material
metal: yellow; silver
plastic: beige
Inscriptions
Top of lid reads: "Sto-A-Weigh (R) // OHAUS"; reverse: "ONE SCRUPLE"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F8-7
Condition Remarks
very good overall condition
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. R. C. Wheeler; Dr. Wally Breck
Research Facts
Scruple, unit of weight in the apothecaries’ system, equal to 20 grains, or one-third dram, and equivalent to 1.296 grams. It was sometimes mistakenly assigned to the avoirdupois system. In ancient times, when coinage weights customarily furnished the lower subdivisions of weight systems, the scruple (from Latin scrupulus, “small stone” or “pebble”) was a unit of Roman commercial weight as well as a unit of coinage weight. One drachma, the basic Greek silver unit, consisted of three scruples.