Thaddeus Fairbanks
... that the first platform scale was built in 1830 by Thaddeus Fairbanks to measure large loads accurately?
... that the first <a class="new" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["Fairbanks Scales"]}}' href="./Fairbanks_Scales?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" id="mwEWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fairbanks Scales" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs">platform scale</a> was built in 1830 by <b id="mwEWE"><a href="./Thaddeus_Fairbanks" id="mwEWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thaddeus Fairbanks">Thaddeus Fairbanks</a></b> <i id="mwEWM">(pictured)</i> to measure large loads accurately?