Show gustabe vm SCALE ono 03 of the most Ina ill 0 nicus n k u inventions of cf tho the century tho argus of albany new york known all over the united linsted states as the oldest democratic organ in empire state contained the following reference to our fellow townsman gustave lundberg in its issue olaug of aug 1 1893 A certificate of incorporation was filed yesterday in the ali county clerks office by the lund barg scale company of troy tro the company will make and sell scales and the capital stock is the directors for the first year are gustave lundberg of troy philip chilin F miller of west troy Cli charles aries 11 II Matt attice green island patrick J rogers of lansingburgh Lansing L burgh and martin A V B finch of troy the above are shareholders as follows gustave lundberg 0 miller ler mattice aft atice 50 ro rogers ei s 20 finch 10 the the stock is nil all common mr lundberg said aid yesterday that the company intended to get to work at once and lad had already bought 7 some machinery of the estate of phillip carr of lansing burgh and that a fact factory ory would be started as soon is as possible and the pods goods put upon the market the scale is a most iny ingenious enious one by it an anything y thing however small can call be accurately bately weighed in the avoirdupois measure tho the one abi which ell would be used by gro cers and for general use the price and weight of goods 0 is given ID also if the r grocer focer was weighing out nineteen cents wort li of coge coite at at seventy five fire cents a pound lie he would either cither cheat himself or his customer to get et an all even figure on oil the scales now used on the new one of mr lund bergs 0 invention lie he would turn a cylinder until the row of figures on it opposite seventy five cents carne came to nineteen and then on oil on the outer edge he would ice ce indicated the exact number of ounces and grains of coffe due liis his customer for nineteen en cents mr lundberg thinks it will be only a few months month s before the scale will be in active use as it meets a demand that has been felt for years |