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very limited, and it only had two different weights, according
to the quantity of lead fixed in one or the other of its two limbs
(woodcut 65, a and b). It was of small size, so that when
closed it could be conveniently carried in the pocket or the

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girdle ; and, though this may not he of very great antiquity, it
was probably a copy of an old invention. The steelyard does;
not appear to have been used in Egypt until Boinan times.
Besides the above-mentioned processes, that of makings