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Weight

20 lbs round weight plate with Y-shaped slot to hang and central lump for stacking. Used on a Jacobs Brothers manufactured platform scale with steelyard type balance with loose weights that are suspended from the short arm of the beam.

Date

c. 1900-1980

Type

Mail Processing Equipment

Medium

metal; finish

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_2009.2015.2.4