Analytical Balance
date: label: Date made
content: 1829
name: label: maker
content: Troughton and Simms
notes: label: Description
content: Brass analytical balance with a "Troughton & Simms / London" inscription, in a wood and glass case. The firm began in business in 1826, when Edward Troughton went into partnership with William Simms. The balance was used by cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Department of Defense, U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315746
label: catalog number
content: 315746
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hydrostatic Balance
label: Object Name
content: Analytical Balance Balance
label: Object Name
content: Analytical Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 14 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in x 16 1/2 in; 36.195 cm x 18.7325 cm x 41.91 cm