Fairbanks' scales, the world's standard : manufactured by E. & T. Fairbanks & Co (1893)
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co · Chicago : Rand McNally · leaf 12
FROM The Bey of Tunis … The Bey of Tunis has conferred upon Thaddeus Fairbanks, the Inventor of Fairbanks’ Weighing Machine-, the Decoration and Diploma of NISHA EL N1FTIKAR OF Grade of Commander The only American Manufacturer upon whom the honor has been conferred. II
Weighing instruments industry · History · E. & T. Fairbanks & Co · World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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