Instrument used in measuring the weight or mass of an object

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A young male apothecary serving two young women in his shop. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, ca. 1830.

An apothecary composed of the attributes of the trade. Line engraving.

An apothecary making up a prescription using scales, his wife holds a recipe for him and two assistants are working with the bellows and pestle and mortar. Line engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.

A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.

A man in Turkish dress weighing rhubarb for sale. Gouache.

An unattractive pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving, c. 1850.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of a Hispano-Moresque pharmacy. Photograph.

A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Animals portraying a pharmacist with customers. Lithographic reproduction after J.I. Grandville, c. 1840.

A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

Christ as apothecary; suggesting the idea of Christ as the universal healer. Reproduction of a photograph of an oil painting after J. Marie Appeli, 1731.

A pharmacist making up a prescription in his shop. Coloured woodcut.

A baker and his wife weighing their baby, representing an advertisement for "Boulangère" chicory. Chromolithograph by L. Olivié, ca. 1890.

A pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving by J.I. Grandville after J. Bara, c. 1840.

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Balances (Weighing instruments)

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Images referencing Balances (Weighing instruments)

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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

Christ as apothecary; suggesting the idea of Christ as the universal healer. Reproduction of a photograph of an oil painting after J. Marie Appeli, 1731.

A pharmacist making up a prescription in his shop. Coloured woodcut.

A baker and his wife weighing their baby, representing an advertisement for "Boulangère" chicory. Chromolithograph by L. Olivié, ca. 1890.

A pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving by J.I. Grandville after J. Bara, c. 1840.

Balances (Weighing instruments)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Balances (Weighing instruments)

Works from the collections

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.

Christ as apothecary; suggesting the idea of Christ as the universal healer. Reproduction of a photograph of an oil painting after J. Marie Appeli, 1731.

A pharmacist making up a prescription in his shop. Coloured woodcut.

A baker and his wife weighing their baby, representing an advertisement for "Boulangère" chicory. Chromolithograph by L. Olivié, ca. 1890.

A pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving by J.I. Grandville after J. Bara, c. 1840.

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