W & T Avery, the Glossary
W & T Avery Ltd. (later GEC Avery) was a British manufacturer of weighing machines.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Avery Weigh-Tronix, Boulton and Watt, Clerkenwell, Competition Commission, Digbeth, General Electric Company, Haseley Manor, Warwickshire, Illinois Tool Works, Load cell, Marconi Communications, Middlesex Sessions House, Parnall & Sons, Roberval balance, Smethwick, Soho Foundry, Truck scale, W & T Avery, Weighing scale, William Beilby Avery.
- Companies based in Smethwick
- Weighing instruments
Avery Weigh-Tronix
Avery Weigh-Tronix is a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works specialising in industrial weighing machines. W & T Avery and Avery Weigh-Tronix are Companies based in Smethwick and manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom.
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Boulton and Watt
Boulton & Watt was an early British engineering and manufacturing firm in the business of designing and making marine and stationary steam engines. W & T Avery and Boulton and Watt are Companies based in Smethwick.
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Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London, England.
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Competition Commission
The Competition Commission was a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom.
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Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of central Birmingham, England.
General Electric Company
The General Electric Company (GEC) was a major British industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.
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Haseley Manor, Warwickshire
Haseley Manor is a Grade II-listed English country house in Haseley, Warwickshire, England.
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Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is an American Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products.
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Load cell
A load cell converts a force such as tension, compression, pressure, or torque into a signal (electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic pressure, or mechanical displacement indicator) that can be measured and standardized.
Marconi Communications
Marconi Communications, the former telecommunications arm of Britain's General Electric Company plc (GEC), was founded in August 1998 through the amalgamation of GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) with other GEC subsidiaries: Marconi SpA, GEC Hong Kong, and ATC South Africa.
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Middlesex Sessions House
The former Middlesex Sessions House or the Old Sessions House is a large building on Clerkenwell Green in the London Borough of Islington in London, England, built in 1780 as the courthouse for the Middlesex Quarter Sessions.
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Parnall & Sons
Parnall & Sons Limited was a shop and ship fitting and aircraft component manufacturer in Bristol, England.
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Roberval balance
The Roberval balance is a weighing scale presented to the French Academy of Sciences by the French mathematician Gilles Personne de Roberval in 1669. W & T Avery and Roberval balance are weighing instruments.
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Smethwick
Smethwick is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
Soho Foundry
Soho Foundry is a factory created in 1775 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt and their sons Matthew Robinson Boulton and James Watt Jr. at Smethwick, West Midlands, England, for the manufacture of steam engines. W & T Avery and Soho Foundry are industrial Revolution.
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Truck scale
A truck scale (US), weighbridge (non-US) or railroad scale is a large set of scales, usually mounted permanently on a concrete foundation, that is used to weigh entire rail or road vehicles and their contents. W & T Avery and truck scale are weighing instruments.
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W & T Avery
W & T Avery Ltd. (later GEC Avery) was a British manufacturer of weighing machines. W & T Avery and w & T Avery are Companies based in Smethwick, industrial Revolution, manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom and weighing instruments.
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Weighing scale
A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass. W & T Avery and Weighing scale are weighing instruments.
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William Beilby Avery
Sir William Beilby Avery, 1st Baronet (26 April 1854 – 28 October 1908"Death of Sir W.B. Avery, Bart." in The London Philatelist, Vol. XVII, No. 203, November 1908, pp. 256-7.) was a British philatelist who was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921 as one of the fathers of philately.
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See also
Companies based in Smethwick
- Avery Weigh-Tronix
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Boulton and Watt
- Brooks England
- Chance Brothers
- Henry Hope & Sons Ltd
- Mamod
- Midland Red
- Mitchells & Butlers
- Mitchells & Butlers Brewery
- Phillips Cycles
- Ruskin Pottery
- W & T Avery
Weighing instruments
- Analytical balance
- Assyrian lion weights
- Beltweigher
- Check weigher
- Digital Weight Indicator
- Electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance
- Jolly balance
- Kibble balance
- Microbalance
- Multihead weigher
- National Union of Scalemakers
- On-board scale
- Quartz crystal microbalance
- Roberval balance
- Sauerbrey equation
- Spring scale
- Steelyard balance
- Tapered element oscillating microbalance
- Triple beam balance
- Tron (Scotland)
- Truck scale
- W & T Avery
- Weigh in motion
- Weigh lock
- Weigh station
- Weighing scale
- Weighing scales
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_%26_T_Avery
Also known as Avery Berkel, GEC Avery, W & T Avery Ltd..