Weights (7)
date: label: Date made
content: 1800-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Seven circular brass weights that were purchased from a dealer in New Hampshire. The weights range from 1 3/16-inch to 4 3/8-inch diameter, and nest one within another. Most are inscribed “WR” with an image of a crown. One is also inscribed “NH” (or “HN”).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.318295.02
label: catalog number
content: 318295.02
label: accession number
content: 234062
objectType: label: Object Name
content: weights, set of
label: Object Type
content: Weights
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: largest weight: 4 3/8 in; x 11.1125 cm
label: Measurements
content: smallest weight: 1 3/16 in; x 3.01625 cm
label: Measurements
content: beam: 24 in; 60.96 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall stacked: 3 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 8.89 cm x 11.1125 cm