Weight Collection (page 9)

Roman Scales & Weights
Roman scales and weights

Weighing the Earth C1936
A gravity-measuring device which can measure the weight of the earth

Dinner Table Collapses
During a meal, the dinner table collapses because of the sheer weight of food on it!

Strong Man Lifts Weight
A strong man wearing a blue and yellow striped outfit lifts heavy weights in a circus ring, while clowns entertain the audience in the background

Second Treasury Mycenae
The Second Treasury at Mycenae. The building is in fact a Tholos tomb, with a ashlar walls and corbelling over the door to decrease weight on the lintel stone

Evening Dress / Patou
Design by August Abernard: flaring gored floral print skirt, draped V neckline & plunging V back, worn with a long light weight scarf that drapes seductively

Manpowered Project 1922
A grinning cyclist tries to get his glider airborne at the Parc des Princes stadium, Paris - but his wing is woefully inadequate to carry so much weight

Metric Series - Weight
Weight - a gram

Weight / Keep your Figger
Fat lady admires her own substantial reflection in the mirror: " Whatever you do, girls - keep your figger!"

Dutch Weight
Satirical comment on the way the Dutch were thought to have cheated the Native Americans by mis-weighing furs

Otis Hydraulic Lift
Two ladies bravely enter an OTIS hydraulic lift, which the operator will cause to descend by hauling on the rope, the weight of the lift being counterbalanced with water

Size of Wings Needed
To support the weight of a man, 45 square metres of wing surface would be required

Devotees of Xaca in Japan have their faith tested
Devotees of Xaca demonstrate their faith by confessing their sins while suspended over an abyss. If they lie, they tip the scales and fall

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