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Slide No.
1
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Coal officer with a special conveyance weighing coal in London, England
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Slide No.
2
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A measure testing room in Glasgow, Scotland
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Slide No.
3
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Glass measuring department, Newington, England
: Many of the measures used at that time were calibrated at the factory.
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Slide No.
4
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Example of two measuring coal bushels used in England
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Slide No.
5
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A weight adjusting room in Smethwick, England
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Slide No.
6
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Room for testing small weighing instruments at Glasgow, Scotland
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Slide No.
7
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A small cart with a series of weighing and measuring instruments with two technician-weights and measures
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Slide No.
8
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A series of weights and measures that were confiscated
: Note that many of the scales are not registering on 0, etc.
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Slide No.
9
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A State Department of Weights and Measures gave a series of confiscated measuring equipment
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Slide No.
10
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A set of calibrated flasks
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Slide No.
11
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Another accumulation of confiscated measures
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Slide No.
12
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Two varying sizes of measuring baskets
: Notice that one is currently short measured.
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Slide No.
13
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Checking the accuracy of a container used in trade in a laboratory
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Slide No.
14
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Another series of accumulated measures
: In early commerce, much of the merchandise purchased was not packaged and was measured at the time of sale. Therefore, measuring equipment was much more important.
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Slide No.
15
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A series of balances of various types and designs used in early trade
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Slide No.
16
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Measures confiscated by Weights and Measures Department
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Slide No.
17
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Examples of ice cream being sold by liquid measure
: Some of the containers do not indicate measurement.
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Slide No.
18
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An example again of 85 cases of equipment carried by a state sealer of Weights and Measures
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Slide No.
19
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An example of a punch card scheme that was used to evade the state's early trading stamp violation law
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Slide No.
20
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An example of grass seed being sold by the dry measure
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Slide No.
21
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Various different bottles of imitation vanilla
: Many of the bottles appear similar in size, however, the contents vary greatly.
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Slide No.
22
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A potato box and a bushel
: Note that the box actually contains more than the standard bushel.
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Slide No.
23
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Two variations of dry measurement
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Slide No.
24
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Two Weights and Measures Sealers in the field
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Slide No.
25
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Scales and balances showing an improper weight
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Slide No.
26
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Various examples of packaged foods improperly weighed or measured
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Slide No.
27
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A series of containers
: Exact measurements and contents unknown.
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Slide No.
28
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Confiscated weights and measures
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Slide No.
29
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Antique balance and weights
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Slide No.
30
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Confiscated weights and measures
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Slide No.
31
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A calibrated pharmaceutical graduates
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Slide No.
32
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Antique measuring equipment
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Slide No.
33
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Another example of confiscated early inaccurate equipment
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Slide No.
34
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A city sealed box
: Many of the early markets were checked by the state or city sealers and the standard container used for measuring would be checked and sealed.
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Slide No.
35
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Measuring the length of thread on a spool
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Slide No.
36
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The peas or beans are being sold by dry measure
: The shortage as indicated in the glass flask equals almost one-third of the indicated quantity.
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Slide No.
37
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Samples of products poorly packaged and measured being sold to the public
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