Hand Balance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Whitall, Tatum and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 6-inch iron beam, index, and deep brass pans 2.25-inch diameter. The label in the lid of the wooden box reads “PHENIX / HAND SCALE / NO. 200 / WITH SET OF WEIGHTS / WHITALL TATUM & CO / NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BOSTON.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12894
label: catalog number
content: M-12894
label: accession number
content: 288176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hand scale
label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Name
content: Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: material (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plated, nickle (?? production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 16.8275 cm x 8.89 cm