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Set of Metric Weights for Analytical Weighing

Item#: SWT1197

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Set of Metric Weights for Analytical Weighing - click to enlarge.Set of Metric Weights for Analytical Weighing - click to enlarge.

A set of metric weights for precise analytical weighing made by HL Becker. The set contains 9 brass weights running from 100 grams down to 1 gram and 8 fractional weights. Also included are brass forceps .The wooden box is signed is HL Becker Fils & Co. Bruxelles, En France Henry Louis Becker. Christopher Becker was born in Germany in 1803. In 1836 he established a factory for balances, barometers and the like. In 1854 he immigrated with four of his sons to the USA, and began manufacturing nautical and astronomical instruments. His son Henry Louis Becker was born in 1848, when his family emigrated to the USA, he remained in the Netherlands. He and one brother Julius established Becker's Sons in Rotterdam and Delft, Holland and H.L. Becker Fils in Brussels, Belgium