Platform Scale
name: label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Large counter balance with a double beam, white marble platform, harp-shaped back, and “Fairbanks” inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Saint Johnsbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of City of New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0514.20
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.20
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 57.2 cm x 57.2 cm x 47 cm; 22 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/4 in x 23 1/2 in x 18 5/8 in; 56.515 cm x 59.69 cm x 47.3075 cm