Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: John Chatillon and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: The U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey acquired this spring scale in 1922, and transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1929. It measures up to 5 kilograms, with 25 gram divisions. The inscriptions read “JOHN CHATILLON & SONS / NEW YORK” and “U.S.C. & G.S. No. G313.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.309667
label: catalog number
content: 309667
label: accession number
content: 106954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.2 cm x 15.2 cm x 4.5 cm; 11 1/2 in x 6 in x 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: dial: 10.2 cm; x 4 in
label: Measurements
content: pointer: 2 in; x 5.08 cm