Balance
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1849
label: date made
content: around 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with two brass pans, chains, and a 5.5 inch beam. There are three large weights (1/2 OUNCE, 1 OUNCE; AND 2 OUNCE); six disc weights (1/2 DWT, 1 DWT; two 2 DWT, 5 DTW, and 10 DTW); two fractional weights; and a gold nugget. The metal case, green with gold lettering, is marked “MINERS’ IMPROVED GOLD SCALE / Manufactured expressly for California” and decorated with an eagle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
label: related event
content: California Gold Rush
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.337110
label: catalog number
content: 337110
label: accession number
content: 244021
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gold Scale and Weights
label: Object Type
content: Weights
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 mm x 146 mm x 80 mm; 1 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: each pan: 12.5 mm x 68 mm; 1/2 in x 2 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: balance beam: 14 cm; 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 3/16 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 in; 3.01625 cm x 14.2875 cm x 7.62 cm