Spring balance, Mercury
name: label: Associated Name
content: Mayer, Jo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Examples of this type of scale are first seen in the mid-18th century. It is common to find them without the maker's name, as is the case with this balance. It has two suspension rings and 2 hooks, which provide for two weighing capacities. They were used for rough weighing on farms, kitchens, hunting trips.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0901
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06297
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 989
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: unknown metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 6 in x 2 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm x 6.35 cm