Balances instruments, manufacturers, history Erich Robens, Shanath Amarasiri A. Jayaweera, Susanne Kiefer

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robens, Erich, author.

Jayaweera, S. A. A., author.

Kiefer, Susanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balances (Weighing instruments)--History.

Balances (Weighing instruments).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg Springer [2013?]

Summary:

The book deals mainly with direct mass determination by means of a conventional balances. It covers the history of the balance from the beginnings in Egypt earlier than 3000 BC to recent developments. All balance types are described with emphasis on scientific balances. Methods of indirect mass determination, which are applied to very light objects like molecules and the basic particles of matter and celestial bodies, are included. As additional guidance, today's manufacturers are listed and the profile of important companies is reviewed. Several hundred photographs, reproductions and drawings show instruments and their uses. This book includes commercial weighing instruments for merchandise and raw materials in workshops as well as symbolic weighing in the ancient Egyptian's ceremony of "Weighing of the Heart", the Greek fate balance, the Roman Justitia, Juno Moneta and Middle Ages scenes of the Last Judgement with Jesus or St. Michael and of modern balances

Contents:

Mass and gravity

Weights

Weighing

Balances

Balances for special applications

Balance as symbol and art object

Documentation and archiving

Weighing scales manufacturers

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 7, 2013)

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783642364471

3642364470

3642364462

9783642364464

OCLC:

861217571

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license