Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: mid-twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: The frame is nickel-plated, with glass front and top. A tag on the back reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / NEW YORK. MADE IN U.S.A. / STYLE RX-1 NO. 11457 CAP. 120G / CLASS A APPROV TYPE SERIES.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10918
label: catalog number
content: M-10918
label: accession number
content: 259201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: balance: 7 in x 12 in x 5 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 30.48 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 12 1/8 in x 6 in; 17.78 cm x 30.7975 cm x 15.24 cm