O
O crowned, 600–601
see also Exupere, L
O L B, V-spring mkr, 1875
O M under V R I crowned, 1957
see also Manchester mark
O R C, Orange River Colony, 443
O S Y, mark on wts, 94
O S Y crowned mark, 1977
see also Oswestry
Oakes Mfg Co, egg sc retailer, 1314
Oakes Mfg Co Inc
American sc mkr, 383–384, 1313
egg sc mkr, 383–384, 1313
steelyard mkr, 383–384, 1313
oats, method of weighing in grain sc, 989
obliteration stamp, def, 260
O'Briant, Benjamin
apprentice of Jefferson, Thomas, 1734
apprentice of Wornell, John, 1734
ockes see weights, denomination, okka
ocque see weights, denomination, okka
octagonal wts see weight, shape
Oertling
assay wt mkr, 2530
bullion bal
description of, 2788–2790
mkr, 2788–2791
size of, 2788
history, 2788
Oertling, Henry
manager of Oertling, Ludwig, 1817
son of Oertling, Ludwig, 1817
Oertling, Henry, father-in-law of Dunbar, Malcolm, 1817
Oertling, L Ltd
bal retailed by Robinson, James & Sons, 1841
bought by Avery, W & T Ltd, 1724
dates, 1738, 1817, 2789
integrated with DeGrave, Short & Co Ltd, 1817, 2790
long beams, 5, 1790
managed by Dunbar, Malcolm & Nalder Francis, 1817
micro bal mkr, 5
model 1, 1789
nickel/chromium beam, 5
owned by Avery, W & T Ltd, 159, 2790
precision bal mkr, 5
scholars bal mkr, 1826
short beam design, 5
succeeded by Avery, W & T Ltd, 1738, 1817, 2790
successors of Webb, William A Ltd, 1738
Oertling, Ludwig, 2260
accuracy, 2080
analytical bal mkr, 4–5, 159, 2655, 2659
assay bal mkr, 5, 2498
company history, 1817
discussions with Makins, 2118
father of Oertling, Henry, 1817
Kater scale rebuilder, 2248
long beam design, 5
managed by Oertling, Henry, 1817
Mint wts mkr, 1038
physical bal mkr, 2594–2595
portable bal mkr, 2264
for testers, 2264
portable inspector's balance mkr, 2260
precision bal mkr, 1822
rider wt first manipulated from outside case, 564
sc for comparison of local standards, 2080
accuracy, 2080
scale in Standards Office, 2260
boxed, 2260
Canadian supplier, 2260
scientific instrument mkr, 1724
vacuum bal mkr, 2080
weight testing bal mkr, 2260–2261
working with Bate, Robert Brettell, 1787
yarn bal mkr, 1173
see also catalogue
"Oertling Verified Unequally?" (article by Buchanan), 2260–2265
Office of Customs' sc mkr, New, William, 1734
Office of W & M of Bavaria, 642
Office of Weigher & Stamper of Money wts, 496, 498, 1068
mark, 498
Ogden, John
apprentice of Ogden, Samuel, 1736
apprentice of Oven, Henry, 1736
Ogden, Samuel
apprentice of Lee, Humphrey, 1736
Christ's Hospital scholar, 1747
dates, 1736
master of Ogden, John, 1736
Ogier, William
apprentice of Pallett, Thomas I, 1736
partner of Gardner, 1736
Ogier & Gardner
dates, 1736
Ogier, William & Gardner, 1736
O'Groats, John, 2448
"Oh Rube Goldberg, Where Are You Now?" (article by Katz), 2823–2824
Ohaus
counterfeit detector, 2775–2777
gun-loading scales, 2188–2189
precision balance, 2188–2189
directions for use of, 2189
knurled knob on, 2188–2189
magnetic damping on, 2189
patents for, 2189
"Ohaus: Dr. Fitch's Descendent?" (article by Young), 2188–2190
"Ohaus Numiscales" (article by Doniger), 2775–2777
Ohaus Scale Corp, 2775, 3094–3095
coin sc mkr, 2775
prescription sc mkr, 2055, 2188–2190
trip sc mkr, 2775, 3094–3095
ohsara-bakari see steelyard
oil bath see Damper
oil-damping
Bosch, use of, 2166
Griffin & Tatlock Ltd, use of, 2167
in market scales, 2166
Sauter, use of, 2166
Suprema, use of, 2166
oil measuring, 1188
oke see weights, denomination, okka
O'Keefe (author), 435, 2037
okka see weights, denomination, okka
"Okka Weights in Ottoman Palestine" (article by Holland), 1023–1025
Old Advert
1828, Dearborn's patent bal, 2376
1841, Fairbanks, 2194
Allender, John, 760, 895
Angldile, 180, 2140
Becker & Sons, 995
Bourne & Smith, 136
Bullock, W & Co, 644
Burchfield, 35
Chatillon, John & Sons, 754
Dakin Manufacturing Co, 1944
Davis, A B & Co, 785
Dye, John S, 874
Eltex, 932
Fairbanks, 86, 177, 182, 184, 736, 989
Fairbanks, Brown & Co, 182
Fairbanks, Morse & Co, 182, 184
Fairbanks & Co, 182, 992
Fairbanks & Ewing, 182
Fairbanks & Hutchinson, 182
Fairbanks' Infallible Scale Co, 759
Greaves, John & Son, 238
Harper, John & Co Ltd, 1965
Henry, S, 282
Hooper, 19
Infallible Coin Scale Co, 762, 964
Jones of Binghamton, 562
Kern, Gottlieb & Sohn, 1076
Kirk, J, 480
Mordan, Sampson & Co, 937
Morton, 33
Pooley & Son, 702, 728
Roberts, 514
Salter, G & Co, 436, 536
Sears, Roebuck & Co, 1877
Sheldon, John, 1682
Simpson, R, 736
Springer Torsion Balance Co, 671, 999
Swart, 514
Troemner, Henry, 811, 1020, 1643
Union Sc, 1877
Warren & Co, 152
Wilson, I, 760
"Old Advert" (article by Katz), 2168
Old Bailey, London Criminal Court, 3085–3091
Old English Bronze Wool Weights by Dent (review), 187
OLD GUINs, on coin wts see New Standard
Old Palace Yard, 2247
old prints
Australian Gold miner, 176
British ammunition sc, 1124
East African cloth sc (1878), 1124
German 16th Century sc, 277
German 17th Century wt mkr, 304
German assay sc (1556), 665
German sc mkr, 234
German weighmaster, 305
Japanese do'tchin in use, 59
Japanese money changer, 324
Japanese shuzui bakari, 325
Japanese steelyard mkr, 324
Shop with Fairbanks sc, 106
Shunsho, 59
"Old Tenor" (article by Mallis), 356–360
"Old Tenor-New Tenor-Again" (article by Mahoney), 2472–2476
Oliver, B J
author, 2115–2120
biography, 2121
Oliver, Barry, biography, 2547
Oliver's
"G H Makins and the Assay Balance" (article), 2115–2121
"G H Makins and the Assay Balance Part 2" (article), 2152–2155
"Rare Oertling Bullion Balance" (article), 2788–2791
Reaction to Review, letter to editor, 1817
Ollivant, coin sc retailer, 282
ONE OUNZES J L B, on wts, 2056
One-third oz wt see weights, denomination, one-third oz
O'Neil, weigh scoop patentee, 492, 666–667
O'Neil, J K, patentee, 671
onza see weights, denomination
open box end
def, 172
see also beam end shapes
open double hole end
def, 172
see also beam end shapes
opium sc see do'tchin
optical projection
design, 844
sc
mkr
Becker's Sons, 837, 843–844
Bunge, Paul, 837
Collot, A Jnr, 836
Sartorius, Erich, 837
Vertex Indutries Inc, 1000
oqqa see weights, denomination, okka
Orkney, verification marks, 1344–1345
"Orlando W. Bedell & the Zenith Egg Grading Scale
Part 1" (article by Amsbaugh), 3056–3059
Part 2" (article by Amsbaugh), 3081–3084
ormolu (article), 1580
Orr, P & Sons
bismar mkr, 1999
postal sc mkr, 1999
Ortyz, H, adjuster, 1818, 1880
oscillation, 5, 589, 701
aperiodic, 701
Oslo Museum, knipwaage, 1900
Osterlich Ltd
bank sc mkr, 1105
counting sc mkr, 1105
date, 1106
ostrich feather sc, mkr, Salter, Geo & Co, 518
Oswestry, O S Y crowned mark, 1977
ottlie pound, 1990
Otto, H J Mfg Co
American sc mkr, 1315
egg sc mkr, 1315
ounce
Cologne, 1991, 2107
Paris, 1991
Tower, 1990, 2107
ounce symbol, def, 1297
outdoor bal
inspectors, 116–117
see also inspectors sc
oval japanned box
cleaning, 1267
coin sc, 178, 1502–1503
see also box
oval japanned boxed
coin sc, index, 197
coin sc (article), 178
oval wts see weight, shape
ovale veerbalans, 1863
see also C-spring; mancur
Oven, Henry
apprentice of Phillips, Walter, 1736, 1785
coin sc mkr, 1736
dates, 1736
master of Bate, Richard, 1736
master of Ogden, John, 1736
master of Phythian, Dod, 1736
successor of Snart, John I, 1736
Ovendon, James
apothecary sc mkr, 1731
apprentice of Payne, Benjamin Matthew, 1731
dates, 1731
successor of Payne & Ovendon, 1732
over & under sc, def, 260, 341, 1200
overhead check see Stay
Overing, Thomas
apprentice of Snart, John, 211
on Bartholomew Lane, 3017, 3019
diamond sc mkr, 211–212, 247–248, 3017, 3019
master of Hart, Benjamin, 248
master of Newton, William, 1735–1736
successor of Phillips, Elizabeth, 1736
trade card, 247, 3017
overland, 16
Owen, coin wts mkr, 1062, 1065, 1508
Owen (author), 87, 134, 169, 1809, 1815, 2036
Owen, Gibbs
bal mkr, 2656
dates, 1508
steelyard mkr, 1508
Owen, Hannah, date, 1508
Owen's
"Saddled Steelyards, 1922"(article), 2504
Treatise on Weighing Machines (review), 87
Owens, T D, weigh scoop patentee, 492
Oxford University, 20, 1928–1929, 1960
mark, 20
Oxfordshire (Oxon), 1926
oxidisation, gilding, 1580
Oxley, Henry
apprentice of Lind, John, 1732
bal mkr, 2657
coin sc mkr, 1728
dates, 1731
master of Bassingham, Samuel, 1731
from Somerset, 1728
succeeded by Skinner, William, 1732, 2066
Oxon (Oxfordshire), 1926
Ozias, patentee, 2204
Ozias, O O, American patentee, 217
Ozias & Canby, 2205
see also Computing Scale Co.
P
P
def, 61
on coin wts see weights, denomination, pistole
mark on grain sc, 825
mark on wts, 60–61, 251, 353
P see postages; weights, denomination, pennyweights
P, Rogers, inverted roberval sc mkr, 2469
P B mark, Pitney-Bowes, 1986
P C see Parliamentary Copy
P D & ostrich, mark of Deinert, Paulus, 542
P F
V-spring mkr, 1875
see also weights, denomination, pistole
P H L, def, 825
"P Poncia Rocker" (article by Chellingworth), 2777
P Q R, C-spring mkr, 1875
P S
engraved on wts, 811
see also Parliamentary Standard wts
P S & W, Peck, Stow & Wilcox, 1808
P St & Co, postal sc mkr, 663, 1071, 1225
P W T 5.8 see weights, denomination, guinea
Pacific Poultry Appliance Co, egg sc mkr, 1277
package sc see parcel sc
Paddington, 1960
Paddock, Huxham, 3060
Paige, Brooke, 3071–3073, 3074
Paige's "The Fairbanks Brothers & their Scale Works" (article), 3060–3068
pain demaine bread, 1052
pain dominicus bread, 1052
paint cleaning, 1265
painted beam see beam, gilded; beam, painted
painted roberval, 1071
Painter, W, ccd patentee, 820
paintings
Bermejo, 745
Braithwait, 740
Breugel, 737
Brown, J G, 1301
Carraci 1583, 1774–1776
Christus, 3015
De Hooch, 749
Ghirlandaio, 746
Reymerswaele, 744
Reynolds, 741
Vermeer, 742
paktong, 1944, 1972
Paktong, Binns' N & Q 128, 1972
Palestinian mkr, Melamed, 910
Palestinian wts (article), 1332–1339
Pallett, Elizabeth, coin sc mkr, 1192
Pallett, Elizabeth Mary
coin sc mkr, 1192
dates, 1736
employed Herbert, Thomas, 1736
mother of Pallett, Thomas II, 1736
succeeded by Pallett & Son, 1736
successor of Pallett, Richard, 1736
widow of Pallett, Richard, 1736
Pallett, John
dates, 1736
successor of Pallett, Joseph, 1736
Pallett, Joseph
dates, 1736
succeeded by Pallett, John, 1736
Pallett, Richard
apothecary sc mkr, 1736
dates, 1736
father of Pallett, Thomas II, 1736
husband of Pallett, Elizabeth Mary, 1736
master of Evans, Thomas, 1736
master of Greenhill, Benjamin Mills, 1736
partner of Pallett, Thomas I, 1736
son of Pallett, Thomas I, 1736
succeeded by Pallett, Elizabeth Mary, 1736
successor of Pallett, Thomas & Son, 1736
Pallett, Tavenor
apprentice of Joy, John, 1734, 1741
father of Pallett, Thomas, 1734
Pallett, Thomas & Son, 1736
dates, 1736
Pallett, Thomas & Pallett, Richard, 1736
succeeded by Pallett, Richard, 1736
successors of Pallett, Thomas I, 1736
Pallett, Thomas I
apprentice of Gable, Thomas, 1736
dates, 1736
father of Pallett, Richard, 1736
master of Grout, John, 1736
master of Ogier, William, 1736
master of Smith, Thomas, 1736
partner of Pallett, Richard, 1736
son of Pallett, Tavenor, 1734, 1741
succeeded by Pallett, Thomas & Son, 1736
Pallett, Thomas II
coin sc mkr, 1192
dates, 1192
possibly succeeded by Greatrex & Pallett, 1736
son of Pallett, Elizabeth Mary, 1736
son of Pallett, Richard, 1736
successor of Pallett & Son, 1736
Pallett & Son
coin sc mkr, 1192
Pallett, Mary & Pallett, Thomas II, 1736
succeeded by Pallett, Thomas II, 1736
successors of Pallett, Elizabeth Mary, 1736
palm kernel sc
mkr, Salter, Geo & Co Ltd, 544
spring, 544
Palmer, Joseph
apprentice of Gore, Thomas Hunsden, 1738
date, 1738
succeeded by Hill, Robert, 1738
pan
def, 196, 283
initialled, 1749
pan arrestors, 2114, 2152–2153
pan stops, 3–6, 2152–2153
pans
relative prices, 804
taring glass pans, 1423
two load platforms, 1725
pans material, 801
aluminium, 1654
bakelite, 804
bronze, 249, 281
celluloid, 1654, 2050
coiled wire, 1276
copper, 1502–1503, 1507, 1638
earthenware, 1291, 1447, 1452, 1743, 1746
glass, 804–806, 1423, 1654
horn, 801, 805, 2050
marble, 1437
mother of pearl, 801, 804, 2050
nickel-plated brass, 801
pewter, 1638
plastic, 804
silver, 804
silvered brass, 1352
tortoiseshell, 2050
transfer-printed, 1291
pans shape
channel-shaped, 284, 869
clip with screws, 1704
coil, 1276
curled, 285, 1654, 1690, 1693, 1699–1700
double clip, 1655
holed, 256
removable, 476, 599
scoop, 801
shovel-shaped, 1105
swivelling, 1092
various designs, 548
paper
computing scale, 3079
fingerprint of, 3077
properties of, 3077
sheet per reem, 3077
sheet size
Demy, 3077
Royal, 3077
universality of testing, 3077
paper & postal sc, mkr, Maul, Philipp Jakob, 1700
paper money
American, 358
British, 495, 1083
paper names, 1695
paper sc
def, 283–285
British, 1692–1694, 1702–1703
computing, 3079
counter, 1692
digital, 3079
equal-arm, 1690–1694, 3079
humidometer, 3078–3079
method of use, 1690, 3077
mkr
Albert, Thwing, 3077–3078
Albert, Thwing & Co, 3078
Amthor, 3078
Amthor Testing Instrument Co Inc, 3079
Avery, W & T, 1692–1694, 1702–1703
Avery, W & T Ltd, 1517, 1692, 1702
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co, 1702
Buffalo Scale Co, 1696, 1700
Casartelli, J, 1692
Chatillon, John & Sons, 1704–1705
DeGrave & Co, 1691–1692, 1697, 1703
Exupere, L, 1690
Fairbanks, Morse & Co, 1692, 1702
Fairbanks & Co, 1692, 1696, 1701
Howe Scale Co, 1700
Kern, G & Sohn, 1692
Leunig, F & Co, 1692, 1697–1698, 1704–1705, 3078
Maul, Philipp Jakob, 1614, 1654, 1692, 1698–1700
Nedden, B & Co, 1692, 1698
Salter, Geo & Co, 1692, 1704
Schember, C & Sohne, 1698–1699
Schopper, Louis, 602, 1654, 1692, 1697–1698
Sindall, 1692, 3077–3078
Sindall & Bacon, 3078
Troemner, Henry, 1701
Vandome, 592
Vandome, Titfords & Co Ltd, 1692, 1703–1704
Vandome & Hart Ltd, 1690, 1692, 1704
moisture, 3078–3079
nationality
American, 1692, 1696, 1700–1702, 1705
British, 592, 1517, 1690–1692, 1697–1698, 1702–1705, 3077–3079
French, 1690, 1692
German, 602, 1614, 1654, 1692, 1697–1700
pendulum, 285, 505, 602, 1654, 1692, 1697–1700, 1704, 3077
quadrant, 3077, 3079
retailer
Hartner, G, 1697–1699
Leunig, F, 505, 602, 1692, 3078
Mardon, A H, 1692, 1697–1698, 1704–1705
Messmer, H E, 1692, 1697–1698
Sindall & Bacon, 3078
spring, 1692, 1704–1705
steelyard, 1517, 1691–1692, 1700–1703
"Paper Scales" (article by Crawforth-Hitchins), 3077–3079
paper tax, 1695
paper weight/letter scales, 2340
"Papergoods" (article by Sturgess), 179–189
parcel post, 1036, 1257, 1259, 2307
Parcel Post Service
British, 2307
rates after, 2307
rates before, 2307
revision of, 2307
scales for, 2307
parcel sc
bismar on pillar, 2936–2940
candlestick, 623, 1261
computing, 2914–2918
double pendulum, 317–318, 1076, 1652
half-roberval & hanging pan, 133, 940, 1256
half-roberval & spring, 623, 1261
half-roberval & steelyard, 537, 1028, 1256, 1258, 1260, 1460
mkr
Alderman, T W, 40
American Machine Co, 983
Avery, W & T Ltd, 1260, 1262, 1460
Bartlett, C H, 537, 1028, 1256
E W, 897, 1258, 1907
Fairbanks, 109, 1106
Fairbanks & Co, 1106
Gibbs & Co, 753
Heller's, Balduin, Söehne, 317–318
Kenrick, Alexander & Sons, 1261
Kern, Gottlieb & Sohn, 1076
Koch, 1917–1923
M & Co, 512, 1257
Marion & Co, 1257
Maul, Philipp Jakob, 1076, 1652, 1655
Mordan, Sampson & Co, 133, 940, 942, 1254–1256
Parnall & Sons, 1258, 1456
Parnell, 199
Ratcliff, Edmund, 1486
Salter, Geo, 455, 513, 528, 1123, 1452
Salter, Geo & Co, 1123, 2073
Turner, Samuel Senior, 2936–2940
Ubrig, E, 623, 1261
Ubrig, E & Co, 1439
nationality
American, 109, 982–983, 1106
British, 133, 199, 455, 512–513, 528, 537, 753, 897, 940, 1028, 1256–1258, 1452, 1460, 1486, 2073
German, 317–318, 623, 1076, 1261, 1652, 1655, 1917–1923
German for export, 317–318, 1261, 1439
patentee
Bartlett, C H, 1256
Gibson, Donald, 2914–2918
Hiscock, W, 1257
Lundberg, 596
pendulum, 1076, 1652, 1917–1923
pendulum with buffer, 512, 1257
registered, Parnall & Sons, 1258
retailer
Alderman, T W & Co, 40
Waterlow & Sons, 1486
roberval, 1254, 1261
roberval & hanging pan, 1256
roberval with central pillar, 1261
roberval with encased stays, 1486
single pendulum, 199, 512, 753
spring, 897, 1123, 1258, 1452
spring & platform, 1439
steelyard & platform, 109, 1106, 1655
top-pan spring, 455, 513, 528, 1261, 2073
weight-depositing, 982–983
see also postal sc
Paris, Henry, partner of Cuthbert, John, 1765
Paris Exhibition, 1867 catalogue, 10
Paris grains, 1989, 1991
Paris hundredweight, 2018
Paris mark, 1991
Paris ounce, 1991–1992
Paris pound
heavy goods, 1991, 1994
merchants, 1991, 1994–1995
Parishes, def, 1895
Parker see England, Parker & Sommers; Thomas & Parker
Parker, C C & S B
patent, 510
postal sc mkr, 510
Parker, Robert, 2446
Parker, Thomas, wts mkr, 1017
Parker, William
auncel retailer, 1829
coin sc retailer, 1829
dates, 1829
steelyard retailer, 1829
successor of Stone, Richard, 1829
Parkes, William see Amos, John & Parkes, William
Parkins & Gotto, postal sc retailer,
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