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WITH two weights four amounts can be weighed, viz. each weight and the sum and difference of the two.
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F., E. With what Four Weights (and a Pair of Scales) can be Weighed any Number of Pounds from 1 to 40 inclusive?. Nature 42, 568 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/042568b0
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