Erastus Fairbanks (born October 28, 1792 in Brimfield, Massachusetts; died November 20 1864) was an American manufacturer and Whig politician. He studied law but abandoned it for mercantile pursuits, finally settling in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where in 1824 he formed a partnership with his brother Thaddeus for the manufacture of scales, stoves and ploughs. Subsequently the scales (see Fairbanks Scales) invented by Thaddeus were manufactured extensively. Wikipedia
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