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Balance

Balance

Inv. 565
Maker unknown, 19th cent.

Balance

Balance

Inv. 567
Maker unknown, 18th cent.

Balance

Balance

Inv. 816
Giovanni Savoi, Florence, 1766

Chinese balance

Chinese balance

Inv. 817
Maker unknown, 19th cent.

First-order lever

First-order lever

Inv. 1002
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

First-order lever

First-order lever

Inv. 1007
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.

First-order lever as balance beam

First-order lever as balance beam

Inv. 1383
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

First-order lever with bent beam

First-order lever with bent beam

Inv. 1009/a
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Lever suspended at both ends

Lever suspended at both ends

Inv. 1409, 3755
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Model illustrating the human arm as third-order lever

Model illustrating the human arm as third-order lever

Inv. 1010
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Multi-lever apparatus

Multi-lever apparatus

Inv. 1005
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Precision balance

Precision balance

Inv. 1332
Maker unknown, 19th cent.

Scale

Scale

Inv. 1016
Maker unknown, Florence, 18th cent.

Scale

Scale

Inv. 3579
Youngs & Son firm, London, 19th cent.

Second-order lever

Second-order lever

Inv. 1006
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.

Third-order lever

Third-order lever

Inv. 1008
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.