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BROVZE STEEL-VARD FOUND WITH ROMAN REMAINS AT BADEN, IN AROOVIE. By Dr. FERDINAND KELLEH. In the account in our previous number ^ of Roman ruins discovereil at Baden, in the autumn of 1871, mention Yas made of a small room which was originally provided with a hypocaust. At a later period, when the house was re- built, and alterations made in its arrangements, it seems to liave served the purpose of a store-room, for in it, and close about it, there came to liglit those implements of bronze and iron, to which reference has already been made. In this present number, from among the many implements of iron, we will select three as deserving our i)articular attention. Our illustration represents a Roman balance — statcra, or trutina — destined for weighing heavy objects, and therefore made of iron and very strong. The weight, allowing for some loss of metal by oxidation and injui-y, amounts to probably some 11 lb., Swiss weight = 5Uvilos. The beam of the balance — scapns — is a quadrangular i-od, 1 metre 19 centimetres long, divided into two uneven lengths of 36 and 83 centimetres respectively. At the extremities of the shorter one (A), which is rather thick, is a triple hook (E), on a moveable axis (C, as seen sideways, 1) in front), on which liangs the weighing-plate — lan.v — close to another liook (F), for li.-inging up any articles for weighing. On tlirec sides of this shorter portion are tliree strengthening pieces, pierced to admit rings moving on an axis. Attaclied to these are jjangiiig hooks — a)t.Sf/'{i', II, I,), which form the turning-points of the lever. On tin- Iniigcr part (15), vhich meets the shorter oblitpicl}', is the weight attached to a running slide (K), while the scale is marked on the si<les of the ro<l. This ends in a knob (L), to prevent the weight in)Ui sliding off. ' Hen" Indicatffiir irAntifiniU'H Riiiiwoii, 1808 — 1871," vol. i. p. 338; nU« j). KM) of the |irvii<;nt voliitnL' of Arcliicolo^iutl Juunini.