Computing Scale
date: label: date made
content: 1930s
name: label: maker
content: Toledo Computing Scale Company
label: maker
content: Toledo Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a large counter balance with white porcelain cover and stainless steel trim that was designed for use in grocery stores. The fan-shaped dial, reading to parts of an ounce, is marked “NO SPRINGS – HONEST WEIGHT / TOLEDO / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF / COMPUTAGRAM” and “CAPACITY 30 POUNDS.” The Toledo Scale Co. introduced the term “Computagram” in 1930. This example is a Model 1021, with chart parallel to the base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Toledo
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of City of New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0514.13
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.13
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 76.2 cm x 58.5 cm x 29.2 cm; 30 in x 23 1/16 in x 11 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 24 in x 11 in; 76.2 cm x 60.96 cm x 27.94 cm