Spring Scale
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1876
label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: patented by
content: Chatillon, George H.
label: maker
content: John Chatillon and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for George H. Chatillon, “Improvement in Spring-Scales,” U.S. Patent 171,993 (Jan. 11, 1876), assignor to John Chatillon & Sons. George H. Chatillon (1848-1905) was a partner in, and later sole proprietor of, John Chatillon & Sons, a New York firm that made a variety of spring scales.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.308937
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 308937
label: patent number
content: 171,993
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scale
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.6 cm x 17.2 cm x 19.3 cm; 8 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in x 7 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: dial: 10.5 cm; x 4 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 21.9075 cm x 19.3675 cm x 17.145 cm