Troemner Balance #1
date: label: date made
content: around 1905
name: label: maker
content: Henry Troemner
notes: label: Description
content: This is an analytical balance in a walnut case with glass panels and two drawers in the base. The pans are 13.75 inches diameter. The beam is 66 inches long overall; 60 inches between knife edges. The inscription at the top of the column reads: “Henry Troemner / Maker / Philadelphia.” Another inscription reads "No. 1." It was probably made in 1905, when the federal Assay Office in Denver became the Denver branch of the U.S. Mint.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Balance Equipment of the Denver Mint,” <i>Mining and Scientific Press</i> 90 (1905): 42.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Denver Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.330618.01
label: catalog number
content: 330618
label: accession number
content: 302218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 84 in x 25 in; 213.36 cm x 63.5 cm
label: Measurements
content: beam: 170 cm; 66 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: each pan: 35 cm; x 13 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 183 cm x 58.5 cm x 213 cm; 72 1/16 in x 23 1/16 in x 83 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: largest part: 7 1/4 in x 66 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 168.91 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest part: 3/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 1/8 in; .47625 cm x 5.55625 cm x .3175 cm