| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | Scales, weight set |
| 804 389 |
| Object Number | ABDUA:18377 |
| Other Number | A360+1 |
| Other Number Type | Old number |
| Brief Description | Set of scales, with brass pans and brass weights, in a wooden box; Used by Rev Alexander John Forsyth for weighing the ingredients used to make a detonating powder in 1805-6; Forsyth invented the percussion lock for fire arms, and his experiments involve |
| Dimensions | L(box): 225 mm W(box): 110 mm W(scales): 270 mm H(scales): 270 mm Dia(pan): 80 mm |
| Materials | Wood, brass, steel, string, lead |
| Associated Object Number | ABDUA:18021 ABDUA:18378 ABDUA:13110 LEMUR:1000024 LEMUR:1000025 |
| Object Production Date | 1800-1810 |
| Place Key | Europe, Scotland, North East, Belhelvie Aberdeenshire |
| Associated Person | Forsyth,A.J Rev LLD |
| Publication Note | Slip |
| Caption | "Scales belonging to Forsyth used by him while producing a detonating powder in 1805-6."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"The Reverend John Alexander Forsyth, LLD, born on 28th December 1768 at Belhelvie, and the son of the minister there was a man of many interests and achievements. He patented a percussion lock for fire arms, which was adopted 30 years later by the British army. He held the charge at Belhelvie himself between 1790 and 1843. He is credited with establishing a savings bank and introducing smallpox vaccination into NE Scotland. The percussion lock involved him in producing detonating powder for his experiments. These scales with brass pans and a set of brass weights all contained in a wooden box were used to weigh the ingredients used to make the detonating powder."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
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| Aquisition Date | 09/06/1963 |