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Weighing scale

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A scale tells us how heavy things are.

Fruit scales.jpg
Fruit scales.jpg
It can use two small bowls. You put one thing in a bowl. You add weights to the other bowl. This helps us know the size.
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Balance à tabac 1850.JPG
It is very helpful! Do you like to weigh things?

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Balance à tabac 1850.JPG
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Fruit scales.jpg
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משקל תינוק.jpg
File:El pesado del corazón en el Papiro de Hunefer.jpg
El pesado del corazón en el Papiro de Hunefer.jpg
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Alte Dezimalwaage.JPG
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Balance Scale Working Principle.svg
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Odważniki 2, ubt.jpeg
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Gewichtendoos B.jpg
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Balance scales in China 02.jpg
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Kubanino sur stratpesilo (Vieno).jpg

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