杆秤

天平和杆秤是中国古代测定重量的主要器械。

In ancient China , balance and steelyard were chief weighing apparatus .

本文所述杠杆装置特指权衡器，包括天平和杆秤。

The lever device in this paper refers in particular to balance and steelyard .

手工制作杆秤的现状研究和探讨

Research and Discussion about the Status Quo of Hand-made Steelyard

朱先生的好坏功过，每个人心中都有一杆秤。

Good or bad , everyone seems to have an opinion about Mr.

电子秤已经替代传统的杆秤成为日常生活中的衡器。

Electronic weighing system has replaced the traditional balance and become daily weighing apparatus .

把这个戒指在杆秤上称一称。

Weigh this ring in the small steelyard .

杆秤是由天平逐步发展而来的。

Steelyard was gradually developed from balance .

基于天平和杆秤的使用实践，《墨经》提出了关于“衡”及平衡问题的宝贵论述。

Based on the practice on the lever device , Mo Jing advanced valuable exposition of weighing apparatus and equilibrium problem .

《算法统宗》则收录了迄今所见最早的关于杠杆平衡问题的杆秤算题。

In Suan Fa Tong Zong were collected computational problems of steelyard equilibrium , which are the earliest ones seen so far .

还值得一提的是，在中国天平秤比杆秤出现得更早。

It is perhaps worthwhile to mention that the equal-armed platform scale ap-peared in China earlier than the steelyard with a sliding weight .

杆秤是中国发明的历史最悠久的一种衡器。早在公元前200年前，已有了各种规格的杆秤砣，大的足以称重几百斤的物品。

The steelyard is a Chinese invention.As early as 200 B.C. , China be-gan to make a scale of this type big enough to weigh several hundred pounds .

公正是社会创造活力的源泉，也是提高人民满意度的一杆秤，政府理应是社会公正的守护者。

Fairness is a source of societal creativity and yardstick for improving the peoples satisfaction with the work of the government . The government should be the guardian for social fairness .

电能计量装置作为供用电双方的一杆秤，它的准确与否，直接关系着双方的经济利益。

The electric energy metering device is a " scale " between the power supply bureau and the user , whose accuracy is directly related to the economics benefits of both sides .

杆秤由木制的秤杆、金属秤砣、提绳等组成。秤杆长约1.5米，上面标有斤两刻度的星点。

The steelyard consisted of the following parts : an arm , a hook , lifting cords and a weight.The arm or beam measured about l.5 metres long , graduat-ed with the weight units - jin and liang * .

还有一种只有普通杆秤的三分之一长的小杆秤，上面的星点刻度是“两”和“钱”，是用来称中草药或金银的。这种小杆秤最早出现于1000多年前。

There is also a miniature steelyard only about one third of a metre ( about i foot ) long , graduated with liang and qian , * * . Used to weigh medicinal herbs and silver or gold , it first appeared about l , 000 years ago .

杆秤和台秤相比更加方便，因为它易于携带，也不需要一整套的秤砣，不同的重量范围取决于秤杆上不同的提绳。

The steelyard is more convenient than the platform scale . Not only can it be carried around easily , but there is also no need for a whole set of weights.Corre-sponding to the lifting cords are different sets of graduation marks on the arm for different measuring ranges .

至今在中国的集市上仍然广泛使用杆秤。尽管大小不同，原理都是一样的。大的用来称粮食、牲畜等，中等的用来称稍小的物件。

This kind of steelyard is still in widespread use at market gatherings in China.They may be made in varying sizes working by the same principle , with the large ones to weigh food grain in bulk , pigs or sheep or their carcasses , and medium-sized ones for smaller transactions .

称重时必须用秤钩勾起物品，称重人提着提绳举起整杆秤，并将秤砣左右滑动直到完全平衡，然后根据秤砣上的绳子所在的星点位置读出重量即可。

Anything to be weighed should be picked up by the hook , while the weigher lifted up the whole steelyard , holding one of the cords.He then slided the weight left or right until he found a perfect balance of the beam . He then read the weight from the graduation mark on which the weight-string rested .