. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ANCIENT DESEMERS OR STEELYARDS. 555 in rt^rs. 7 ;ind s.' The Egyptian contrivance tailing the place of the tongue, which was constructed of a pliniib bob and three strings, answered its purpose as perfectly as the more usual linger rigidly attached to the beam. Only in the horizontal position all the threads are equally taut, and the slightest tilting slackens two of them. The introduction of the tongue was a great advance. In many cases. F
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ANCIENT DESEMERS OR STEELYARDS. 555 in rt^rs. 7 ;ind s.' The Egyptian contrivance tailing the place of the tongue, which was constructed of a pliniib bob and three strings, answered its purpose as perfectly as the more usual linger rigidly attached to the beam. Only in the horizontal position all the threads are equally taut, and the slightest tilting slackens two of them. The introduction of the tongue was a great advance. In many cases. Fic. (i.—From Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians. it showed whether the ))alance maker understood the theory of the balance. Even if he paid little attention to the friction, yet if he put the axis of I'otation in the right place he could weigh pretty well with his balance in spite of all its imperfection, as a balance from Bavaria bch)nging to the Museum of Costumes shows (fig. 10). It is composed entir(dv of wood. Even the axis of rotation is made, in the crudest. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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