Fulcrum was the Newsletter for the European chapter of ISASC from 2006 to 2020. It built on our previous newsletters including News & Views.
It will continue to be part of the content on this website while the organisation metamorphoses into a less formal group of enthusiasts. The back issues are all searchable PDF documents, and the information contained therein would be immensely difficult to find elsewhere.
In a magnificently-sustained effort, long-time Editor John Knights has now produced his latest edition number 72 ('half a gross' in old money). This features early techniques for measuring precise amounts of motor fuel / 'petroleum spirit' in 1900s England, an unusual dry grain or malt volume measuring instrument, and the ingenious innovations in search of self-indicating weight readouts in good old analogue days. Fulcrum appears several times a year. Contributions on the topic of the light-hearted study of weighing and measuring are always welcomed, and remain the copyright of the author.
Fulcrum is light but learned in tone, and complements the scholarly work found in Equilibrium (EQM), which is available in print, and now in electronic form, only from ISASC in the USA. See Links for the relevant contact details.
