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2. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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   Balance scale set, with weights Scales used to measure the weight of fruit in a supermarket Weighing scale in use in Tokyo Digital kitchen scale, a strain gauge scale Weighing scale for a baby includes a ruler for height measurement. A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass.

3. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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   Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.

4. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human-based. These units are thus considered to be human scale and anthropocentric. A cross-cultural review of body-based measurement systems has found such units to be ubiquitous worldwide. [1]

5. Dialing scales - Wikipedia

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   The hour scale shows ⁡ ⁡ + ⁡ and the latitude scale shows ⁡ + ⁡. [ 7 ] The graduation of these rulers is independent of latitude, making them suitable for drawing all dials. The Foster Serle dial is randomly set for a value of 45°, and is more precise for latitudes below 45°.

6. Mettler Toledo - Wikipedia

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   In 1912, the company name changed once again, to Toledo Scale Company. [7] Additionally, a new scale line featuring a double pendulum mechanism and a dial face was introduced and was most suited for industrial applications. [8] In 1957, Reliance Electric Co, merged with Toledo Scale Co. Reliance paid about $70 million in stock for the purchase ...

7. Dial (measurement) - Wikipedia

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   Examples of dial usage: Pressure and vacuum gauges, Level gauges, Volt and current meters, Thermometers and thermostats (mechanical), Speedometers and tachometers. Mirror dials are designed to reduce or eliminate the effect of parallax. They usually consist of a small mirrored strip running parallel to the graduations of the scale under the ...