EXCELSIOR
letter scale
with two weighing ranges

maker: Philipp Jakob Maul, Hamburg, Germany bruine lijn

Excelsior letter scale with two ranges

This letter scale with the model name Excelsior was made by Philipp Jakob Maul from Hamburg in Germany. Excelsior scales have been shown on this website before, see a blue one here, a bigger blue one here and a red one here. Why then yet another page about an Excelsior? It turns out there is an Excelsior with two weighing ranges! The low weighing range of 50 grams is divided with a stripe of measure per gram. The high weighing range of zero to 250 grams has up to 200 grams of stripes of measure per two grams, and above that up to 250 grams per five grams. A flippable counterweight is used to switch weighing ranges. This specimen is red, more often Excelsiors are blue. Green Excelsiors are offered the least.
Dimensions: height 17 centimeters, maximum width scale 13 cm, foot 10 x 9 cm, letter plate 7 x 5 cm.
Below are some more images of this Excelsior letter scale with two weighing ranges.

back of the letter scale

side view

animation: let the counterweight fold up
[move the pointer over the photo]

side view

the top scale has stripes per two grams up to 200 grams, above that stripes per five grams	two weighing ranges top up to 250 grams and bottom up to 50 grams	The lower scale of 50 grams shows the measuring stripes per gram
the letter plate next to it	EXCELSIOR is the name of the letter scale model	view of the bottom of the letter plate
with counterweight folded down weighs up to 250 grams	the counterweight folding arm has stops	with folded up counterweight weighing up to 50 grams
the cast iron fixed base is rotatable for transport	zero adjustment screw with remarkable pointed cone	the letter scale stands on three feet
the model name EXCELSIOR on a green version	the model name EXCELSIOR on a red version	the model name EXCELSIOR on a blue version
red version with one weighing range	green version with one weighing range	blue Excelsiors, left 1000 and right 250 grams