Balance
date: label: Date made
content: 1800-1900
label: Date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Young and Son
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with 4.25-inch steel beam; two brass pans; and six square brass weights (marked 3, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64; the two smallest ones are missing). The whole fits in a rectangular wooden case. The brass cover for the weights is marked “YOUNG & SON / SCALE MAKERS / BEAR STREET / LEICESTER SQUARE.” A steel forceps slides into the side of the case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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.330620
label: catalog number
content: 330620
label: accession number
content: 1990.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: forceps: 11.4 cm; 4 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: weight 2:;
label: Measurements
content: each pan: 10 mm x 38 mm; 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: weight 1:;
label: Measurements
content: balance beam: 11.4 cm; 4 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 25 mm x 64 mm x 134 mm; in x 2 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 1/16 in x 5 7/16 in x 2 9/16 in; 2.69875 cm x 13.81125 cm x 6.50875 cm