For the London headquarters of the Hanseatic League during the 15th and 16th centuries, see Steelyard.
A steelyard balance, steelyard, or stilyard is a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. It incorporates a counterweight which slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. A steelyard is also known as a Roman steelyard or Roman balance.
A steelyardbalance, steelyard, or stilyard is a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. It incorporates a counterweight which slides along...
The Steelyard, from the Middle Low German Stâlhof (sample yard), was the kontor of the Hanseatic League in London, and their main trading base in England...
name, Qabbani, is derived from Qabban (Arabic: قبان) which means Steelyardbalance. Nizar Qabbani married twice in his life. His first wife was his cousin...
Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (Book 5 Sections 34–49), the Gauls provided steelyardbalances and weights, which were used to measure the amount of gold. The Romans...
found during the arrest and contained the apparent murder weapon, a steelyardbalance. During the trial, Ander claimed that he had received the money from...
ideas on matter and disease, where good health was thought to come from a balance of the four elements and four humors in the human body. As in the majority...
ritual utensils and is mentioned in the book of rites along with the steelyardbalance and other tools. Other civilizations produced generally accepted measurement...
sheng (Chinese: 繩; lit. 'plumb bob'), and the steelyardbalance called quanheng (Chinese: 權衡; lit. 'balance scale'). These four tools have normative connotations...
E190-8. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.1991.261.2.E190. PMID 1872381. "Electrolyte Balance". Anatomy and Physiology. OpenStax. Archived from the original on 2 June...
Rail (1900) 71 ft (21.6 m) – steel works weighing machine for rails (steelyardbalance) (1940s) 78 feet (23.77 m) – double 39 ft (1953) 45 feet (13.72 m)...
weighted and the other to hold a comparison weight. The second was a steelyardbalance based on a single tray subtended from a level with unequal arms, the...
(耿詢) and Yuwen Kai (宇文愷), created the first balance clepsydra, with standard positions for the steelyardbalance. In 721 the mathematician Yi Xing and government...
the Sui-dynasty engineers Geng Xun and Yuwen Kai. They provided a steelyardbalance that allowed seasonal adjustment in the pressure head of the compensating...
(581–618) engineers Geng Xun and Yuwen Kai crafted an unequal-armed steelyardbalance able to make seasonal adjustments in the pressure head of the compensating...
the Sui-dynasty engineers Geng Xun and Yuwen Kai. They provided a steelyardbalance that allowed seasonal adjustment in the pressure head of the compensating...
is a balance (tula) with two pans, for which ten different sizes are recommended for weighing different quantities; and another a sort of steelyard, in...
Britain. He called these scales "pocket steelyards", though they work on a different principle from steelyardbalances. By 1825 his nephew George had taken...
"musical board for the instruction of the blind," thermoscope, vibrating steelyardbalance, and perpendicular lift. Dearborn was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire...
with an accuracy greater than 0.1 g, though in the past it was a steelyardbalance with the measuring cylinder hooking directly onto the scales. Bulk...
for some steelyardbalance weights at a later period in the Eastern Roman Empire. At the time of the discovery of the Hoxne Hoard these steelyard weights...
lever held down a circular plug valve in the steam vessel. By using a "steelyard" lever a smaller weight was required, also the pressure could easily be...
some of the notes had been covered in blood. The murder weapon, a steelyardbalance was connected to Ander, in addition to a box that Ander had left at...
Tibetan or Chinese scale (steelyardbalance) for weighing silver, red coral or other precious substances such as musk or turquoises. The beam is made...
Daoist Li Lan was an expert at working with water clocks, creating steelyardbalances for weighing water that was used in the tank of the clepsydra, providing...
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