Balances [electronic resource] : instruments, manufacturers, history / Erich Robens, Shanath Amarasiri A. Jayaweera, Susanne Kiefer.

Balances [electronic resource] : instruments, manufacturers, history / Erich Robens, Shanath Amarasiri A. Jayaweera, Susanne Kiefer.

9783642364471 electronic book
3642364470 electronic book
9783642364464

Heidelberg : Springer, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xx, 730 pages) : illustrations (some color)

10.1007/978-3-642-36447-1 doi

QC107

530.7

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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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