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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 4762906, member: 75525"]The Romans used different scales to weigh coins and larger items. The pics below show two types: </p><ul> <li>an equal arm balance - the scale on the left could weigh smaller items. It is shown weighing 1.5 asses (490 grams). Note the balance could not hold 1000 grams without bending a small part. </li> <li>a steelyard (unequal arm) balance - shown weighing a week's pay for a Roman soldier in 400 BC = 21 asses = 6900 grams = 15 lbs. The ratio of arm lengths gives either a 6 to 1 or 16 to 1 ratio. If the arm could hold the weight (I doubt it could), the max scale weight for a 12.6 lb. weight is over 200 lb. I have seen wall pictures of large scales weighing bread, meat and other items.</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]1161361[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 4762906, member: 75525"]The Romans used different scales to weigh coins and larger items. The pics below show two types: [LIST] [*]an equal arm balance - the scale on the left could weigh smaller items. It is shown weighing 1.5 asses (490 grams). Note the balance could not hold 1000 grams without bending a small part. [*]a steelyard (unequal arm) balance - shown weighing a week's pay for a Roman soldier in 400 BC = 21 asses = 6900 grams = 15 lbs. The ratio of arm lengths gives either a 6 to 1 or 16 to 1 ratio. If the arm could hold the weight (I doubt it could), the max scale weight for a 12.6 lb. weight is over 200 lb. I have seen wall pictures of large scales weighing bread, meat and other items. [/LIST] [ATTACH=full]1161361[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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