Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1850
label: date made
content: around 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 5.25-inch iron beam, 1.75-inch pans, three square brass weights, and oval iron box. It was used by a Dr. Curie in Virginia, around 1870.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. A. Foard McGinnes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12964
label: catalog number
content: M-12964
label: accession number
content: 287163
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pans(2) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 14.2875 cm x 6.0325 cm