Balance
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 6-inch iron beam with index, 2.5-inch brass pans, one brass weight marked “FOUR PENNY WEIGHTS” and “STANDARD / DAY & CO.”, and rectangular wooden box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09313
label: catalog number
content: M-09313
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Name
content: Hand Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (weights material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 16.8275 cm x 8.255 cm