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Thread #153648   Message #3683067
Posted By: Jack Campin
06-Dec-14 - 11:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK bathroom scales r rubbish
Subject: RE: BS: UK bathroom scales r rubbish
The really accurate ones have a balance beam with sliding weights. You may still find them in use in hospitals, and they're also what they use in stockyards. (For really obese patients, hospitals sometimes use scales designed for weighing livestock). A bit big for the average bathroom.

They also have the advantage that they measure mass, not weight. So if you get abducted by aliens they'll still work on Procyon III gravity.