St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-28
Centennial Scales.

y Philadelphia letter III the Spring
field Hcp"bTcnH gives the following
about ST. .Jnhn>hury'> industry at the
Centennial
II any mau is weighed in the balance
aud found wanting. in these times. he
might H. we'll give up that he * light
weight. without any further question:
in". What with perfect scales and
weighing beams. Il minus quantity or
short weight can never he justly chaIg-
eel upon other than the ''>uhicct under
considerations. The dchcacN of bal
aIcr attained hN some of the more pei
trct patterns even allows the ''wci%hiu"
ones words. while il i no uncommon
thing To balance one point against
another The exhibit here covers all
kinds ut scales. except f>h-Sc:llc> ard
~c.Il,.> from the eyes. and doubtless
these were omitted 10y mere oversight
tins time. The STYLES range from the
heavy track scale. capable OF weighing
it, >c"Ir at tons oI more. down To the
light and delicate po>t-ni1icr and dru"
scale. The largest exhibit i made hN
the Nr>>I~. Fam banks \ Co. Their
space, in Machinery hall i section T..
No. -. and covers about 2Gun >quiIc
feet. the " hole, being surrounded with
neat ratings. An elegant ease. mad,
hN IitanN of New York. contains thc
. laIiou~ medals awarded them abroad.
they rcrciNin" the highest priIr At Lon
don. M l-1I. At Paris in l-.n. at Wien
M il l-13. and ut Santiago III $50.
/ In the center OF these medals and thn>,
awarded 10y fans in nur own country i
the mag .lccut knightlN cross oi TIA,
imperial order "t Fiauci~ .I"~rph. con
trrrrd toy the rmprr"r of Austria upon
/ rhIddcu> Fairbanks. the inventor "t
the Fairbanks scale.
| In all. they exhibit some 2OO STYLES "i
~r;llc~. hc>id,> Il large variety of beams
/ All at them III" finished III the u>IIa
style tuI the trade. just such appearing
articles ~ 90 ont from their works an,
/ all "NrI the world every day. Thcir
scales arc adapted t" the Nlri"u> stan
llrd> nt all civilized nations. while they
ais" have those. made that viii show
/ The American and metric N>tcm~ 81
weights upon the slime beam. And il
ought not I" Il, many lr.rI> before ",
follow the example of the most ldNanc.
/ ~ Wv =" '''''''1' '''''' ''''"' VI Wv
h''''iiaI system "l N'l"U'> ana meas
ul'>' Aiih"'"I JONES oil A"li%i"h' lie
"i me House. Ii>' year. should profess
III h"I\ moron AGAINST hI>>'l'h">'',
lAh'h" any '"lhG from me lllllh'l ithth
/ l;ut n" one can question the >uprIIoIIt \
"l me SYSTEM lht'\ilhlI"r> "i lhrl'
scales here will give Nnur weight il
pounds aud ais" IN the corresponding.
"'lIl'"l "l grams ana ht'l""lahi>
i MIC S'''l ''l"'''lI'S '."''' -" I"''i'"'
|dN"Iidnl'"I>, ANA a h"'l"%Ihm benz
"ht-I'lllI al Inc same. lt>' i"ltl"'
scales nave Wood -M"lk "l naiI\" \h"l
lean h1Id wood. winch make neat ah'
dnihhIr iinl>h. | hc scales aIc ais" c\
hihlird IN detail. every separate portion
aud then principle "t operation hrlu!
fully rNP">"d T." view: ais" shown.
no" they aIr PAT together. Am"ng the
| specially noticeable PORTIONS al these
>rpaIat" parts are the pI\"t>, loops
hearings. etc. OF steel. mldr 10y them
selves. acr"dln" T." the results of re-
cent experiments. and combining" the
usual t"uglnr>> "f iron with the tin,
quality of razor steel. This steel i
used IN all their scales, from those -
100 tons capacity down t" the Smallr>
aud most delicate.
one of the mnSt interesting" and i'm
p"rtant specimens III their space Is the
Fairbanks 'lmpIoNcd testing machine,
designed t" test the strength of metals
such rs boiler and hal irons, Vari"u
kinds of hnildin" materials, such Il
stone. brick, cement. etc, and MAY h,
used III any ease where it is desirable
Ia enter the enact number of pound
required to defect. crush or break an,
substance. The machine may he de
>cribcd as follows: 1.-The scale is com
posed OF Il series of multiply ing levers
having Il beam similar to the ordmar,
platform scale. 1t also has Il c"mhina
) ton of gears and screws. So ARRANGED
: that, 10y turning hand wheel the pres
sure of strain is applied To the platform
through the specimen which is bcin!
tested. This. of course, cau~r> the bean
: /" rise, when, 10y IN arrangement q
cl"ck-Work. the p"iSc Is moved to
point on the beam indicating the mum
her of pounds strain or pressure on tn