Category:False Balances

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This category contains results about False Balances.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/False Balances.

A false balance is a balance which, because of mistakes in its manufacture, cannot be trusted to perform an accurate assessment of weight.

There are two ways in which such a balance may be false:


Imbalanced Pans

A false balance with imbalanced pans is a balance whose pans are of different weights.


Unequal Arms

A false balance with unequal arms is a balance whose arms are of different lengths.