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date: label: Date made
content: early 19th century
label: Date made
content: 1800-1850
label: Date made
content: probably early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Hand scale with 6.5-inch brass beam, brass index, shallow brass pans, and four disc-shaped weights (three are marked ED and 1/2 Louis, 1 Louis, 2 Louis; a smaller one is probably a different set). The whole is in a chamois-lined oval case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.329269
label: catalog number
content: 329269
label: accession number
content: 286291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: money scale
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 7 1/2 in x 2 15/16 in x 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 7.46125 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: shears: 2 3/4 in; 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: indicator: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: beam: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 7/8 in x 7 9/16 in x 3 in; 2.2225 cm x 19.20875 cm x 7.62 cm