These links are supplied for information only - we do not say that we either condone or support these sites, and of course we have not control whatsoever of their content, which may well have changed since we created the link.
There are lots of sites on the web about this subject - some better than
others! The following are some that I've found useful:
- A legal opinion of the flawed attempt to impose metrication upon the English
- The British Weights and Measures Association - a good site to find examples of metrication madness.
Coins and weights (and indeed coin-weights!) may be had from many dealers, such as:
- Galata Coins, http://www.galata.co.uk/
- Symmons Gallery, www.simmonsgallery.co.uk
If you are interested in the history of scales and weights, consider joining the International Society of Antique Scale Collectors:
- The North American site, www.isasc.org
- The European (i.e. the rest of the world) site, www.isasce.com
My collaborator on the names on weights page, Norman Biggs, has a home-page at http://www.maths.lse.ac.uk/Personal/norman/ and details of his excellent books on collecting weights can be found at http://www.maths.lse.ac.uk/Personal/norman/Weighing.htm
Other links you may find interesting:
- A very new site, with pictures of old technology, especially film cameras.
- An old page, but with interesting pictures of railwayana.
- Another interesting page, with details of English pressed glass