Comments on: ‘Neat’ Set of Apothecaries Measures http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/%e2%80%98neat%e2%80%99-set-apothecaries-measures Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nick Ryan http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/%e2%80%98neat%e2%80%99-set-apothecaries-measures/comment-page-1#comment-3882 Nick Ryan Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:20:18 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2483969#comment-3882 Hi Laura, whilst serving in the British Forces (RAF) for 18 years one of my jobs was the Annual Verification of Weighing Appliances. It was my job to travel around with a set of standard weights in a very large and heavy wooden box containing the master weights from the avoirdupois set contained inside in a separate box right up to the huge bowling ball size lumps of brass with handle. I had to go to all of the kitchens in each mess and check the cooking scales, the Survival equipment section again checking scales, even the dog handling section to check the weighing scales for the dog food. The medical centres all had many different types of scales and all needed checking for accuracy. I hope you find this little snippet useful. Kind regards, Nick Hi Laura, whilst serving in the British Forces (RAF) for 18 years one of my jobs was the Annual Verification of Weighing Appliances.

It was my job to travel around with a set of standard weights in a very large and heavy wooden box containing the master weights from the avoirdupois set contained inside in a separate box right up to the huge bowling ball size lumps of brass with handle.

I had to go to all of the kitchens in each mess and check the cooking scales, the Survival equipment section again checking scales, even the dog handling section to check the weighing scales for the dog food. The medical centres all had many different types of scales and all needed checking for accuracy.

I hope you find this little snippet useful.

Kind regards,

Nick

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