2998
sc made by Ratcliff, Edmund, 1486–1487, 2998
succeeded by Waterlow & Bros, 3002
"Waterlow & Sons" (article by Thomas), 2998–3006
Waterlow Bros & Layton, 3002
retailer for Mordan, 3002
successors of Waterlow & Sons, 3002
Watkins, J C & Fidler, M & J, patentee, 566
Watkins & Fidler, 565–566
Watkins & Hill
precision bal mkr, 1822
scientific instrument mkr, 1822
see also catalogue
Watling, John, 2458
Watling, Tom, 2458
coin operated sc patentee, 2452
Watling Mfg Co, 143, 2458
Watson, R, patentee, 539–540
Watson, Robert
brass founder, 1715
brassfounder, 1715
inspectors sc mkr, 1586, 1714
iron founder, 1715
round sight-hole shears mkr, 1586, 1714
scientific instrument mkr, 1714
watch mkr, 1715
Watson, Thomas J., 2206
Watt, James, 2372
instrument mkr, 1304, 1310
inventor & engineer, 1118
Lunar Society, 1120
see also Boulton & Watt
"The Way We Were-The Way It Is" (article by Maistros), 2804–2807
Weaver, H M
postal scale description, 2512–2513, 2585–2586
postal scale mkr, 2512–2513, 2585–2586
Weaver, Henry M., patentee, 2511, 2512–2513, 2585–2586
Weavers' Co
guild, 248
records, 248
web site, useful
http://www.internetiff.com/InterneTIFF/Try.htm, 2883
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/euwl/hohttp://www.internetiff.com/InterneTIFF/Try.htm1975.1.110.htm, 3016
US Patent Office, 2648–2649, 2883
directions for use, 2883
www.ancestry.com, 2890
www.geneology.com, 2890
www.isasc.com, 3073
www.oldbaileyonline.org, 3085
www.oldwwmachines.com, 2968, 2970
www.uspto.gov, 2883, 2899
Webb, ?, partner of Skinner, Henry, 1736
Webb, Richard & Co
dates, 1733
successors of Webb, Richard William, 1733
Webb, Richard William
apprentice of Nicholl, William Lewis, 1733
assay sc mkr, 798
dates, 1730
diamond sc mkr, 798
master of Mattocks, Charles Meares, 1731
master of Stanway, Thomas, 1733
master of Stoddart, James, 1730
at same address as Stanway, Thomas, 1733
succeeded by Webb, Richard & Co, 1733
trade card, 798
weghing machine mkr, 798
wts mkr, 798
Webb, William A
dates, 1738
egg sc mkr, 410, 416–417
employed by DeGrave, Short & Fanner, 1738
succeeded by Webb, W A Ltd, 1738
Webb, William A Ltd
dates, 1738
egg sc mkr, 905
succeeded by Oertling, L Ltd, 1738
successors of Webb, William A, 1738
Webb & Skinner
dates, 1736
successors of Peck, John, 1730, 1746
Webb ? & Skinner, Henry, 1736
wts mkr, 1450
Webb's
London Apprentices vol 21 Founders' Co 1643-1800 (review), 2355
London Apprentices vol 22 Armourers' & Braziers'Co 1640-1800 (review), 2355
Weber, Jules Henri, patentee, 1370
Weber, T A, coin operated sc patentee, 2457
Webster, J, patentee, 425, 547, 549
"Webster Scale" (article reprint), 3020
Webster Scale Manufacturing Co, 3020
Wedderburn, Frederick
date, 1730
shop sc mkr, 1730
Wedderburn, G A, bread, sc mkr, 1089
Wedderburn, Harriet
date, 1730
sc mkr, 1730
Wedderburn, J, patentee, 275–276, 621
Wedderburn, J & Co, date, 1730
Wedderburn, J & Son, date, 1730
Wedderburn, Jabez I
apprentice of Nicholl, William Lewis (line omitted), 1730
dates, 1730
Wedderburn, Jabez II, date, 1730
Wedderburn, James, date, 1730
Wedderburn, James W, date, 1730
Wedderburn, R & Sons, date, 1730
Wedderburn, Robert, date, 1730
Wedderburn, Robert Grove, date, 1730
Wedderburn family, 1744
Wedgewood, Josiah, 2238
Wedgwood
plaques, 681, 939
Mordan, Sampson & Co, 1454
plate mkr, 1454
pottery, 298, 2232
queensware, 2232
wts see weights, material, earthenware
Wedgwood, Josiah, Lunar Society, 1120
Weeks, Thomas, 2451
person sc mkr, 694
Weerasinghe, B E & Banks, J, 704
postal sc patentee, 704
weft see cloth sc
Wegermuff, C-spring mkr, 1876
Wehman, G A & P's "Angldile Computing Scales, Part 1" (article), 2131–2140
Wehman, George Anna, biography, 2100, 2140
Wehman, Phil, biography, 2100, 2140
Wehman's
"Mystery Scale" (article), 2582–2584
"The Evocative Scale Queen" (article), 2340–2343
"The Mysterious Hoadley Scale" (article), 2097–2100
Weigel, Christoff, engraver, 304–305
weigh-beam
public, 1567
see also Beams
weigh-house, 2415–2419
Glamorganshire Canal, 2417
scale in, 2417
times used, 2417
Somerset Coal Canal, 2415–2419
dates, 2417
size, 2417
Weigh Master, markets, 730
weigh scoop patentee, Gilfillan, 2923
weigh scoop patents, 492, 2924
weighbeam, 2284–2285, 2347
weighbridge, 32, 44, 75–76, 1664, 2211–2212, 2283, 2355, 2677–2678
def, 341
agricultural, 1022, 2355
compound lever, 2417
knackers, 978
mkr
Avery, W & T Ltd, 978
Béranger, Joseph, 1664
Béranger & Cie, 1664
Bondeli, Johann Emanuel, 721
Cadwick, 656
Eayre, Joseph, 659
Fairbanks, E & T, 723
Fairbanks, Thaddeus, 2283–2286, 2344–2349
Kitchen, Richard, 725
Newman, J, 1519
Pooley, Henry, 724–725
Quintenz, Friedrich Alois, 721
Salter, 543
Wyatt, John, 656, 693, 2211, 2417–2418
Yeoman, Thomas, 659, 660
patentee, Edgell, James, 661
principle of, 2212
public use of, 2355
spring, 543
testing, 714, 2678
tickets, 2355, 2678
using, 2678
see also platform sc; Platform sc
Weigher & Stamper of Money Wts, 496, 498
Field, John, 1126
weighing
def, 342
in air, commercial practice of, 2219
approximate, 719
inclined, 1995–1997, 2016
instruments, def, 22
level-beam, 2016
scientific & technical, 2218–2219
tare, 2017
tron, 2016
weys, 2016
Weighing & Measuring by Chisholm (review), 187
Weighing Coins Folding Gold Balances by Crawforth (review), 135, 189
"Weighing in India, 1733" (article by Cohn), 2414–2415
"Weighing in India, 1865" (article), 2406
"Weighing in the 14th C" (article by Newall), 2067
"Weighing in the American Kitchen" (article by Basch), 1247–1251
"Weighing in the Early 14th Century" (article by Simpson & Connor), 1987–1988, 2015–2024
"Weighing in the Kitchen" (article by Crawforth), 767–775
weighing in vacuum, 2545
weighing ladle mkr, Duplex Handy Scale, 1945
weighing machine, 2415–2416
coke, 728
mkr
Bourne, Thomas, 1508
Bourne & Smith, 696
Cadwick, 659, 1508
Day, William Chambers, 696
Day & Millward, 1451
Eayre, 659
Edgell James, 661
Ford, Whitmore & Brunton, 1508
Ford & Co, 696
Hart, David & Co, 1730
Herbert, Thomas, 1192
Jackson, William, 1725
Littlejohn & Co, 2014
Moy, Thomas, 1725
Newman, J, 1519
Pooley, Henry & Son Ltd, 1443
Vandome, 592
Webb, R W, 798
Wood, Henry, 1193
Wood, Robert & Henry, 1193
Wyatt, John, 655–661, 1508
Yeoman, Thomas, 660
patentee
Roebuck, John, 692
Salmon, Robert, 692
Whitmore, William, 692
"Weighing Machines coin-freed from 1884-1940" (paper by Kinmonth), 1705–1712
Weighing of Money by Houben (review), 557
weighing scoops
American, 487–491, 2230, 2922–2924
British, 773–774
Italian, 765
Roman, 823
weighing system
modern, 2216
complexity, accuracy, flexibility of, 2216
"Weighing the 7s Coin" (article by Camilleri), 1624–1625
"Weighing the World" (article by Joyce), 327–331
Weighmaster, print, 305
weighmasters beam, 78, 324
def, 342
weight
def, 342
basis, 3077
inlaid with agate, 2905
making, 2243
mkr
Barron, José Aparicio, 2995
Beach, Thomas, 577
Fairbanks, 3075
Moffett, James Thomas, 1583
Mordan, 3022–3023, 3046–3055, 3080
Ortiz, José, 2995
Sommers, Charles I, 215, 503, 1393
Sommers & Son, 1396
Tallman, James, 1383
Troemner, Henry, 811, 1592, 1643
see also weights, mkr
motif
fleur-de-lys, 2108–2109
heraldic, 2108
shape
animal, 308–309, 343, 569, 1524
anserine, 2824
anthropomorphic see weight, shape, human
asymmetrical, 897, 955
bar, 108, 119, 291, 342–343, 519, 612–614, 1089, 1095, 1121, 2005, 2801
bell, 118–119, 159, 237, 244, 289, 291–297, 342, 519, 614, 633, 732–733, 1048, 1056, 1123, 1138, 1348, 2266, 2355
bird, 308, 347–352, 1524, 2815
bottle, 83, 144, 291, 342–343, 385, 535, 688, 732, 755, 856, 864–865, 1057
brick, 343, 518–519, 613, 637
bulls, 2147
bun, 613, 1331, 1350–1351
cased, 237, 294, 386, 418–419, 422–424, 1048
chain, 493
chamfered pyramid with ring, 907
chickenlike bird, 2824
Chinthe, 347–352, 2145, 2147
circular, 2580
clover leaf, 1078
coin form see weight, shape, monetiform
compound, 200, 503
concave, 343
conical, 343, 613, 2905
convex, 342–343
cross pommée, 2635
cube, 342, 344
cube knobbed, 686, 949, 1227, 1479–1483
cup cake, 217, 308, 342–343, 613
cylindrical, 342–343, 385–387, 2905
cylindrical handled, 119, 734
cylindrical knobbed, 734, 965, 1072, 1107–1112, 1212, 1688
cylindrical tee handled, 119, 734
decorative, 166, 208, 215
domed, 1089, 1349, 2363
double cone, 342
drum, 2025
duck, 2143, 2145, 2148
egg, 415
elephant, 224, 352, 2824
embossed, 166
engraved, 688, 936, 967
etiolated bent rectangle, 981
figurative, 344, 569
first read, 343–344
fish, 2147
flat-circular, 614, 2467
flat rectangular concave-sided, 829
flat ring, 343
flat stacking, numerous references
flower, 345
frogs, 2147
geometric, 343, 569
globe, 119, 343, 733, 2905
gooselike bird, 2824
handle, 108, 119, 343, 368
hentha, 344, 347–352
hexagon with ring, 907
hexagonal, 41, 293, 343, 588, 614, 1023, 1057, 1101, 1562, 2318
home-made, 166–167
human, 344, 569, 2145, 2720
incuse, 166
irregular, 2905
knobbed, 27, 49, 343, 587, 613, 2395, 2397, 3049, 3080
lenticular, 2719
lion see Chinthe
lozenge, 343, 829, 833, 835, 2363
mice, 2147
monetiform, 12, 166–167, 208, 233, 247, 261, 343, 459–466, 829, 834, 879–884, 913–919, 967–971, 2357
Mordan characteristics, 941
mushroom, 343
mythical feline, 2824
nest (U S A ), 78, 108
nesting, 17, 39, 42–43, 78, 156, 251, 279, 292–294, 304, 343, 564, 738, 835, 1038, 1040, 1348, 1359, 1380, 1577, 1659, 2173, 2253–2254
nesting for jockey scale, 2801
nesting in coin sc box, 1380, 1548–1552, 2253–2254
nesting in jewellers sc box, 1457
nesting in leather case, 1349
nesting Mediaeval, 1751–1752, 1796–1797
nesting with butresses, 1751
nesting with domed lid, 1426–1435
nesting with handle, 475, 1166
nesting with lid, 1383, 1605, 1972, 2011
nesting with lobed lid, 304
nesting with peg-on lid, 1751–1752
nesting with screw-on lid, 1166
numerical, 260, 295, 343
octagonal, 343, 613–614, 2580
octagonal pyramid, 2635
oval, 291, 343, 588, 613
oval bar, 291
oxen, 309
peacock, 352
pie shape, 613
pig shape, 2720
plant, 344
polygon, 343
polyhedral, 2149
proportional nesting, 695
pyramidal knobbed, 857
quadrilobe, 789
rabbits, 2147
ram, 2145
rectangular, 291, 344, 2356, 2448
rectangular knobbed, 503, 627
rectangular ring, 859, 1351
rider, 154, 157, 287, 314, 718
ring, 35, 108, 291, 334–337, 379, 417, 519, 581–586, 614, 718, 1024, 1089, 1347, 2266, 2361, 2801
romme see weight, shape, violin
round boxed, 2075
round knobbed, 41, 82, 113, 154–157, 178, 250, 291, 501–503, 630, 1577, 1602, 2995–2997
round knobbed apothecary, 835
round tapered, 344
saucer, 1024
sets, 731–735
sheet, 343
shield, 1328, 1346–1347, 1350, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2108
silk cocoon, 156
sliding, 217–218, 227, 231–232, 235, 270–272
slotted, 52, 82, 109, 296, 314, 343, 437, 587, 613, 696
spherical, 119, 2448, 2905
spindle-shaped, 2905
square, 131, 166, 205, 291, 295, 344, 499–503, 686–687, 828, 914, 917, 968, 984–988, 1010, 1231, 1562, 2074, 2443, 2580
square bell, 343, 612–613
square knobbed, 27, 49, 54, 501–503, 957
square ring, 35, 108, 1089, 1095–1098, 1116–1120, 1729
square tabbed, 42
square tapered, 344, 476, 507, 1689–1690
stacking, numerous references
swan, 2148
swastika, 2025
symbol, 343
tare, 32, 34, 217–218
telescopic, 133
to see Chinthe
tortoises, 2147
triangular, 1562
truncated cone, 635
turn over, 235, 379
turtle, 309
Victoria, 291, 296, 343, 409, 957, 1101
violin, 156, 224, 320, 343, 1497
wire bent, 1940
zoomorphic see weight, shape, animal
weight box
def, 344, 2987–2988
mkr, print, 304
sealed, 1725
weight collecting beam see weight lifting sc
weight depositing
analytical sc, 718–719
parcel sc, 982–983
postal sc, 982–983
"Weight Depositing Scale" (article by Crawforth), 982–983
weight lift & half roberval, 340, 379, 383, 399, 410, 1071, 1223, 1469
see also half roberval
weight lifting sc
def, 344, 1223, 2121, 2427
ease of use, 1369
weight pan, def, 344
weight plate
def, 170, 174, 344
two, 1725
weight platter see weight pan
weight prover, def, 344
weight rack, def, 344
weight removing, def, 874
Weight Stamping by the Worshipful Co of Founders & City of London by Stevenson (review), 1563–1565
weight straps, 2302
weight subtracting steelyard, def, 1027
weight systems
apothecary, 519, 735, 799, 802, 826–835, 1346–1347, 2351, 2398, 2539
apothecary liquid measures, 802
aver-de-peis, 2173
avoirdupois, 735, 1346–1347, 2173, 2175, 2229, 2333, 2539, 2575, 3044
bullion, 2224, 2391, 2402, 2445
carat, 2575
carat-metrique, 2575
Chinese, 926, 2149
coin, English, 674, 879–884, 913–919, 951–954, 1471–1479, 2224, 2575
decimal-based, 2905
dinar, 815
drachm see apothecary wt
dram, 799, 2539
Egyptian, 2509
European bullion, 1990–1992
European trading, 1992–1995
fuen, 926
gros-French, 2575
Hebrew, 2506–2510
kilogram, 42, 2575
lane, 278
liang, 926
libbras, 2361
libra, 2173
Maltese ounces, 865
Medieval, 776–783, 1990–1995
metric, 735, 2174
Milanese pound, 2387
Modenese ounces, 2363
okka, 1023–1025
pennyweights, 627, 828
portuguese piece, 40, 2390–2391
postage, 684
pound, 2173
quintal, 783
rotoli, 865
ruttee, 250, 2393–2394
scruple, 799, 827
solotnik, 278
Syrian, 2510
tola-Indian, 2575, 3080
Troy, 735, 798, 828, 1348, 2107, 2173–2174, 2229, 2333, 2539, 2575, 3043–3044
tsien, 926
US gold pieces, 759, 763
weight ticket, 659
weights
accumulation, 1548–1549
adjusters, 889, 1035
assay, 2530
brass, 2530
chromed, 2530
gold-plated, 2530
mkr
Becker, 2530
Gurley, 2530
Kern, 2530
Oertling, 2530
Troemner, 2530
nickel-plate, 2530
phosphor-bronze, 2530
platinum-plated, 2530
bivalent, 2554
chromium-plated, 2550
mkr
Baird & Tatlock, 2550
Eureka Scientific, 2550
Harris, 2550
MacAlaster, Bicknel, 2550
Towers, 2550
city, Bruges, 2108
cleaning
corrosion, 795, 3035
rust treatment, 633
coin, how to make, 2778
compensating, 2244–2245
customers name, 612
denomination, 146, 1689, 1691
1 Dollar, 2445
2 D 16 G see weights, denomination, half-guinea
2 Dollars, 2445
2*14 see weights, denomination, half-guinea
3 Dollars, 2445
4 Dollars, 2445
4 pistole, 2518
5 Dollars, 2445
5 dwt 8 grs see guinea
5 sovereign, 592
5*6 see guinea
8 lb, 581, 1036
10 Dollars, 2445
20 Dollars, 2245
36 s see Portuguese Piece
36 SHILLINGS see moidore
100 £1 NOTES, 1605
480, 1691, 1693
500, 1691, 1693
504, 1690
510, 1694
516, 1691, 1693
Albertin, 2866–2867
angel, 913, 917, 951–952, 985–986, 1012–1014, 1550, 1606, 2725, 2766, 2866–2867, 2942–2943
anna, 1102
apothecary ounce, 2056
Austrian Marc, 2529
avoirdupois, 35, 83–86, 113, 119, 131–133, 614, 633–639, 1346, 2148, 2218, 2361, 2448, 2530, 2802, 2925–2927
2lb 1 1/2oz, 1088
3 1/2 lb, 1089
8lb, 1036
metric, 1107–1112
azen see weights, denomination, grain
beka, 2150, 2509
blank, 1010
Bologna ounce, 2363
bu, 319
carat, 247, 250, 2447, 2621, 2692
carat metrique, 493, 1142
carlin, 28, 2726
carlini, 1420–1422, 1468
Carolingian pondera, 2218
Carolus, 244, 883, 1011, 1040, 1044, 1067
def, 882
cental, 1160
centisimi, 2360
centner see metric
cents see weights, denomination, 1 dollar; weights, denomination, 10 dollars; weights, denomination, 20 dollars
ceros, 2399
chatack see weights, denomination, chatak
chatak, 2323, 2406
chittack see weights, denomination, chatak
chittak see weights, denomination, chatak
cob, 1603
conderin, 56–57
conventionstaler, 28
crontal, 89, 142
crontaler, 28
crown, 883, 985, 1014, 1550, 1605, 2866–2867, 2943
silver, 1040
dag see weights, denomination, kilogram
Daldre de Bourgogne, 2555
Deben, 2149
deci see weights, denomination, kilogram
deniers, 2358
dinar, 161, 815, 2149, 2351, 2356
dinari, 2387
dirham, 161, 907, 909, 1023
def, 1023
dirhem, 161, 2835, 2838–2839
doblon d'Italia, 2766
dollar, 1215, 2402, 2445
see also reales
dollar of Spain see reale
Dollari, 2894
doppia, 1420–1422
double crown, def, 882
double crown see unite
double excelente, 2725
double johannis see portuguese piece
double Louis, 2518–2519, 2548
double pistole, 2518–2519, 2548
double sovereign, 200, 592, 884
doubloon, 883, 1008, 1061, 1130, 1606, 2390–2391, 2995–2997
drachm, 828
drachma,
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