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steelyard balance or
steelyard is a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. It incorporates a counterweight which slides
Kaynak: Steelyard balanceIt is built on the site of the medieval
steelyard , the trading base in England of the Hanseatic League . It is located in Travelcard zone 1
Kaynak: Cannon Street stationThe ward also contains Cannon Street station , which is on the site of a medieval
steelyard , and on Upper Thames Street the only London
Kaynak: DowgateLivy , in Ab Urbe Condita (Book 5 Sections 34–49 records that the Gauls provided
steelyard balance s and weight s, and the Romans brought
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