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AMERICAN ACRICtrLTURIST. 
FAIRSANKS’ 
STANDAED SCALES. 
PRICBS REDVCRD. 
A uniform standard of Weights, and a correct system 
of weighing, are subjects claiming the attention of every 
individual in the community, 
A correct Scale is a just arbiter between buyer and seller, 
and It is of the utmost importance that an Instrument so uni¬ 
versally called upon to decide questions of great value in the 
daily and hourly transactions of business, should be of such 
reliability and exactness as to secure the confidence of all 
those who may be affected by the results indicated. 
The invention of these Scales, and the Improvements that 
have been fi-om time to time adopted, are the resuit of many 
years’close observation and practical experience; and we 
have now brought them to such a degree of accuracy that 
they may safely be relied upon in every transaction by weight. 
Their construction is upon the most correct mathematical 
principles; all defects so commonly met with in compound 
balances have been overcome by practical skill and faithful 
■workmanship; and hence their operation is delicate, and in 
every case unerringly correct. 
The reputation which these Scales have acquired has been 
of steady growth from the commencement to the present 
time, and is based upon the principal adopted by us, and nev¬ 
er deviated from, of allowing none but perfect weighing ma¬ 
chines to go forth from our establishment. 
By a strict adherence to this principle, the confidence of 
the public In the accuracy of these weighing-machines has 
steadily Increased, and with it the demand. 
We have received many awards of premiums of Gold and 
Silver Medals, from nearlv all the Scientific Associations and 
Institutes in the United States, also numerous first premiums 
from State and County Agricultural Societies at their annual 
fairs; but the most satisfactory testimonials which we have 
received are from the thousands of business men—including 
the Managers of Kailroads, the Officers of Government, and 
other Public Works, Merchants, Manufacturers, the For¬ 
warders of merchandise, and others—who have, during the 
last thirty years, subjected these scales daily to severe usage, 
and to the most rigorous tests. 
Nearly all the Kailroads in the United States are supplied 
with Scales of our manufacture. Fairbanks’ Scales are also 
almost exclusively in use on all the principal Kailroads of 
Great Britain. 
From over one hundred different modifications of our 
Scales we have selected the following illustrations of a few 
of the leading sizes and kinds, which will serve to show that 
they .are adapted to a great variety oi uses, to suit the re¬ 
quirements of every branch of business. 
HAY AND CATTLE SCALES, 
For weighing loaded Wagons, Carts, Live Stock, Produce, 
Ac. Constructed of Iron, with steel bearings, and not liable 
to derangement or damage by exposure to the weallier. 
More than ten thousand of these convenient and durable 
Scales have been put up by us in all parts of the United States 
and the British Provinces. They are of five sizes, viz.; two, 
three, four, six and ten tuns, and will be set by experienced 
workmen in any part of tlie United States or the Canadas. 
They are made witli a sliallow pit, or with no pit at all, 
according to location, as tiic purchaser may prefer. 
COAL DEALERS’ SCALES, 
COAL DEALER 
Similar In tlielr construction totne Hay Scale. Used exten¬ 
sively by coal de.alers and miners, also in Iron Houses and 
Founderles. Capacity—Two. Tliree, Four tuns. Tills Scale 
may be set in tiie liarn-fioor or elsewhere, and used for weigh¬ 
ing Hay, Grain, Live Stock, &c. It may be either stationary 
or so arranged ns to be easily removed from place to place 
when req^uired. Coal dealers and others who are'about pur- 
,chasing Scales will do well to examine tlie evidences upon 
Which we base our claim for superiority. 
RAILROAD DEPOT AND WAREHOUSE 
SCALES, 
WITH TWO IRON PILLARS AND SLIDING POISE BE AJI, 
These Scales are placed in the floor of the building, and are 
constructed wholly of iron, with cast-steel bearings, and not 
liable to wear or lose their adjustment by use. The beam is 
sustained upon iron pillars, with a neat architectural finish, 
iney are in general used by Railroad corporations: also in 
stores and warehouses. 
HOPPER SCALES FOR GRAIN. 
Indicating Bushels, used in Mills. Storehouses and Wharves 
for receivin.? and delivering wheat and other grain. This 
modification is adapted to secure and combine entire accu¬ 
racy with tlip most rapid operation in weighing, and is found 
practicallv an invaluanle improvement. 
We make foul sizes of this variety of Scales. Sixty and 
one hundred bushe. Scales are set dormant in the Wharf or 
Stor(diouse, and are capable of weighing grain as fast as it 
handled by the most approved steam machinery 
L^ese Scales are in general use in Grain Warehouses and 
Mills throughout the country. 
The Thirty and Forty Bushels Hopper Scales are portable, 
and may be easily removed iVom place to place, and are fre- 
quently used on board Siiips, Bai;ges, Canal Boats, &c. 
We furnish, to order, Honper Scales capable of weighing 
Three, b our and Five Hunared Bushels at a draft. 
DORMANT SCALES FOR STORES AND 
WAREHOUSES. 
Set in the floor, and weighing from one-half pound to five 
thousand pounds. Used frequently in small railroad depots 
ana stations ; also in stores, warehouses, &c. A very desira¬ 
ble, siibs^ntial and perfect Scale, We have five difi'erent 
sizes of Dormant Scales. 
No. l“Platform 4 feet square.5.000 lbs. 
wS- ‘set. 3,500 Ibs. 
No. ^Platform 2>i by 3 feet.2,500 Ibs. 
No- 7.2,000 Ibs. 
No. 9. j 5 QQ jjjg 
These modifications are fitted with drop lever’s by which 
the platform IS raised, with its load, to be weighed and then 
lowered, so that the outer edge rests upon and forms a part 
of tlie floor. They are founa exceedingly convenient, inas¬ 
much as the space which they occupy in the floor can be 
appropriated, when the Scale is not used for weighing, to the 
ordinary business of the store. 
ROLLING-MILL SCALES. 
These are very heavy 
and durable, and are de¬ 
signed for use in Foun- 
derles, Kolllng Mills, 
Iron Manufactories, &c. 
1st size, fitted with 
Drop Lever, and Vibra¬ 
tory Axle and Itack or 
Iron Plate, as the pur- 
cliascr may clioose. Ca¬ 
pacity four thousand 
pounds. 
2d size, similar to the 
first. Capacity twenty- 
live liundred pounds. 
By a new and import¬ 
ant arrangement, these 
Scales are fitted with 
patent India Rubber 
. ' Spring Platforms, so lui 
to secure m’cat durability, when used In Founderles! Iron 
Houses, and 'wherever very heavy weighing Is required. 
‘1'® principal Iron Houses and 
Manufactories throughout the country, and we have yet to 
hear of the first instance of dissatisfaction. 
PORTABLE PLATFORM SCALES. 
Various sizes of these 
‘'scales are made, with 
and witliout wheels, and 
adapted to every branch 
of business, and are in 
^6 daily use In thousands of 
stores and manufacto¬ 
ries in all parts of the 
world. Some of the prin¬ 
cipal sizes are as follows: 
„ „ Capacity. 
J;C. 2.3,000 pounds 
No. 7. 2,000 pounds 
No. 8. .1,000 pounds 
No. 9.1,400 pounds 
No. 10.1,200 pounds 
No. lOX. 000 pounds 
No- 11. 000 pounds 
No. 11)4 . 400 pounds 
They are convenient, 
accurate, and not liable 
to derangement. 
UN: OR FAMILY SCALE. 
Wehave recently con 
structed an improved 
Scale.combining the ad¬ 
vantages of a Counter 
and a Platform Scale. 
We denominate it the 
“Family Scale,” it be¬ 
ing peculiarly adapted 
to liouseliold purposes. 
It weighs with tlie ut¬ 
most accuracy from one 
Iialf-ounce to two hund¬ 
red and forty pounds. 
The Scale is provided 
with a scoop or pan for 
weigliiiig nour, sugar, 
or other house stores In the kitchen, and also witli a platform 
for heavier articles, as boxes, casks, &c., as well as for taking 
tlie weight of individual members of tlie family and tlieir 
friends, from tlie portly grandfatlier down to tlie little “lieir" 
In tlie cradle. It is an indispensable article In every family 
It is equally convenient for Grocers and all Retailers. 
GROCERS’ SCALES. 
Weighing from onehalf-ounce 
to sixty-two pounds. Conveni¬ 
ent and extremely accur.ate; 
used as a Platform Scale, or with 
a scoop as Counter Scale. Adap¬ 
ted to family uses, Stores, Gro¬ 
ceries. &c., and is particularly 
sale for weighing valuable spi¬ 
ces, drugs, &c. 
Another size, made on the 
same general plan as the above, 
denominated the “ Counter 
Scale,” is a well-known article. 
. Capacity one-half ounce to thir¬ 
ty-six pounds. Economical for all Retail Stores and Shops 
giving just weight, but requiring no excess for down weii^ht' 
Also, the “Druggists’ Scale,similar to the “Counter’’ 
Indicating drachms, ounces and pounds. Capacity eight 
pounds. These scales are also adjusted to Troy wei"-lits 
They operate with great delicacy, and are rellable'tor wei-'h- 
Ing valuable metals, costly drugs, silks, &c. 
EVEN BALANCE. 
No. 1—Weighing from half 
an ounce to ten pounds. 
No. 1—With brass scale beam 
—weigliin^ from one- 
fourth of an ounce to 
ten pounds. 
No. 2—Weight IVom half an 
ounce to six pounds. 
No. S—Weighing from half an 
ounce to four pounds. 
—^Tliese four last Scales may 
be made to weigh two or three times as much, by using 
common weights. 
IMPROVED LETTER BALANCE. 
Adopted by the United States Post-Ofllce Department. 
used f^or other weighing than 
letters, rairbanks* Scales are manufactured only by 
E. & T. FAIRlCArVKS & CO., 
St. Jolinsbiiry, 'Vt. 
Principal Warritouses ; 
FAIRRATVKS & CO., 
No. 853 Broadway, New York. 
AND 
No. 846 BALTIMORE-ST., Baltimore, Md. 
FAIRBANKS, BROWN <fc CO., 
No. 113 Milk-st,, Boston.' 
FAIRBANKS & EWINO, 
Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. 
FAIRBANKS, GREENLEAF & CO., 
No. 172 Lakc-st., Clilcago. 
Pkincipai, Locai, Agencies : 
TRABER & AUBERT, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
W. B. BELKNAP & CO., Louisville, Ky. 
LANSING BONNELL, Milwaukee, WIs, 
PRATT & FOX, St Louis, Mo. 
E. WILSON & CO., Albany, N. T. 
J. M. WARREN & CO., Troy, N. Y. 
HOMER FOOT & CO., ^ 
Springfield, ^ass. 
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