A Bronze Steelyard with an Acorn-Shaped Counterweight from the Paphos Agora
Steelyards were commonly used by sellers at agorae and fora during the Roman and Byzantine periods. They are based on the principle of the lever, mentioned by Aristotle and probably well-known even earlier. One steelyard made of bronze has been found, together with an acorn-shaped counterweight, at...
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2016
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