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date: label: Date made
content: 1856
name: label: patented by
content: Kelly, James Q.
label: maker
content: Kelly, James Q.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for James Kelly, “Weighing Scale,” U.S. Patent 14,361 (March 4, 1856). The inscription on the dial reads “J. KELLY / SAG HARBOR.” That same year, Kelly showed “very accurate fractional scales” at the American Institute fair and took home a silver medal.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Sag Harbor
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.308909
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 308909
label: patent number
content: 14,361
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scale
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 11 in x 3 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x 27.94 cm x 8.5725 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 12 in x 6 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm x 16.51 cm