Record numberAM-188Date qualifiern.d.Date range1st January 1000NotesLarge, black, cast iron balance scales with weight support & seven weights
W T AVERY, MAKERS & BIRMINGHAM marked on the platform and four wheels on the underside. A black cast iron rod with a circular support at one end and a hook form at the other can be removed from the balance. Seven cylindrical weights manufactured from cast iron are also included with the balance. The two largest weights are marked 3CWT; one is marked 2CWT; one is marked 1CWT; and one is marked 56lbs. The weights are cylindrical in form with one narrow opening from the outer rim to the centre. There are three other weights, one marked 4lb, 62 and an unmarked lead weight.
The item is located on the front deck outside RAMS Building M2 Hawkesbury campus. There is a box of weights that accompany this which is located on the assigned shelf in Archives.CreatorAO-1 Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC)CategoryMuseum ObjectsFormatObjectsTaxonomyArchives | Museum ArtefactsExhibitionMuseum ArtefactsArchive TypeUniversity ArchiveContributorArchives
AO-1 Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC), Wool bale scales. Western Sydney University, accessed 26/05/2026, https://collections.westernsydney.edu.au/nodes/view/43864
