Balance
date: label: date made
content: second half, nineteenth century
name: label: maker
content: Troemner
notes: label: Description
content: Brass equal-arm balance with 21-inch beam, 9.5-inch pans hanging from chains, and metal pillar painted black with floral designs. The base of the index is marked, front and back, H. TROEMNER / PHILA.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of Baltimore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN79573Z10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 cm x 51.5 cm x 22 cm; 36 1/4 in x 20 1/4 in x 8 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: crossbar: 51.5 cm; x 20 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: chains: 54 cm; 21 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: pans: 22.5 cm; x 8 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; base: 36 in x 7 1/4 in; 91.44 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; cross beam: 13 1/2 in x 20 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 34.29 cm x 51.1175 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; pan: 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 22.225 cm