ISASC publishes a quarterly journal (Equilibrium, or EQM), which is a mine of information about scales and weights. Equilibrium is produced to a high standard, with many excellent photographs and illustrations. Copies of EQMs from 1993 onwards are available (some are originals, most are photocopies, owing to heavy demand). Where originals are available, they can be bought for GBP 5.00. Where a photocopy is taken the charge is reduced to GBP 4.00.
The society also has a book-list, covering a variety of topics, concerned with old weighing instruments, weights & measures, verification marks etc. Also produced are reprints of manufacturers' catalogues from such companies as DeGrave, Parnall, Salter etc. etc.
NEW! A major addition to our resources has been the ‘Crawforth Index’, a CD-ROM reproducing the scholarly notes taken on index cards by Diana Crawforth-Hitchens in her UK-based research over several decades. If you are interested in a particular scalemaker, you can search the Index list and find associated dates and places, scalemakers connected by marriage or by way of trade, and notes of the whereabouts of examples of their work. Not hi-tech but highly prized facts.
Available at GBP 25.00 including post & packing - contact the Publications Secretary for payment options (including PayPal for swift despatch).
Books etc.:
| Handbook of old Weighing Instruments | M A Crawforth | GBP 14.00 |
| Sovereign Balance - Standard Rockers | M A Crawforth | GBP 3.50 |
| British Balance Makers | R Ladell | GBP 4.50 |
| Catalogue of Local Verification Marks on English Weights | N Biggs | GBP 4.50 |
Manufacturers' Catalogue Reprints:
| Perry & Co. Catalogue JULY 1871 | GBP 15.00 | ||||||||||||
| W & T Avery Ltd 1897 Indoor & Outdoor Balances | GBP 6.50 | ||||||||||||
| W & T Avery Ltd 1897 Standard Measures of Capacity | GBP 5.00 | ||||||||||||
| De Grave Short & Co Ltd, circa 1910 | GBP 5.50
| Fairbanks Standard Scales 1880 - illustrated price list | GBP 2.50
| Fairbanks Co (London) Ltd, circa 1915 | GBP 2.50
| Fairbanks Co (europe) Ltd, circa 1924 | GBP 5.00
| John J Griffin & Sons Ltd, circa 1911 | GBP 7.50
| Peter Rogers & Co, 1899 | Price on Application (POA)
| F J Thornton &Co, 1938 | GBP 2.00
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Miscellaneous
Copies of 'Weight Stamping'in photocopy form GBP 2.20
Equilibrium Index (pages 1 to 3656)Price on Application (POA)
Doctor Arbuthnot's Dissertation on Coins, Weights and Medals GBP 6.50