Smethwick, West Midlands
Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles
In Smethwick, a western suburb of Birmingham, the Avery Berkel company of weighing machine makers has a museum of weights and measuring devices going back to 4000 BCE. They are the successors of W. & T. Avery, who took over James Watt and Co., who were the successors of Boulton & Watt, whose Soho Foundry was here. [1]
References (show)
- Halsall, Martyn. Weighing hi-tech and family tradition, The Guardian (24 Dec 1996) 16
The Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles was created by David Singmaster.
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