Fairbanks' scales, the world's standard : manufactured by E. & T. Fairbanks & Co (1893)
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co · Chicago : Rand McNally · leaf 4
Fairbanks’ Scales … In a quiet village among the green mountains of Vermont there were three brothers doing business, manufacturing wagons, stoves, and plows. They also handled quantities of hemp. The customary way of weighing by the beams or steelyards was too slow. Thaddeus Fairbanks, one of the brothers, set about…
Weighing instruments industry · History · E. & T. Fairbanks & Co · World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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