
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Williams, Nicola H. 
T1  - Robert Law and His Auxiliary Assay Balance
JF  - Historical Records of Australian Science
JO  - Hist. Rec. Aust. Sci.
Y1  - 2007
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SP  - 229
EP  - 242
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HR07009 
N2  - In 1896, Robert Law, assayer at the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint, published a design for an auxiliary assay balance. This small balance was to be used for preliminary weighing of the gold sample, thus saving wear on the delicate assay balance. Versions of Law balances, including one made by the UK instrument firm of Oertling, were used in all Australian Branches of the Royal Mint, and two surviving instruments have now been found. 
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