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Both are new to this newbie. Beautiful to watch and listen to!

I really enjoy seeing the nice balance in the background. My father was a chemistry professor when I was a child, and the sight of that old balance in the glass and wood case brought back a lot of memories. Even the aroma of that old lab comes wafting back. Thank you!

Thanks for the kind words!

Glad to provide a bit of nostalgia for you, with my background material. I do have a fair number of Analytical Balances, a couple of which I actually used in certain jobs through my varied careers, and many other scales as well, which are all part of my antique science and engineering apparatus collections. The balance you are seeing there, came from the Canadian National Arsenal, and was likely used in load experimentation and development, but certainly not used in regular production, unless for just QC spot checking. Most of these "housed" balances still offer lingering smells when opening up their cases. I'm also rather fond of the nice Fairbanks commercial counter top scale partially seen just to the right.