Nested Weights
date: label: Date made
content: 17th century
label: Date made
content: 1600-1700
label: Date made
content: 1600 to 1700
name: label: purchased by
content: Langley, Samuel Pierpont
notes: label: Description
content: Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian, bought this set of nested weights for the Museum in 1902. The set had been found in the walls of a former mint, in Nuremberg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.215568
label: accession number
content: 40029
label: catalog number
content: 215568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nested Weights
label: Object Type
content: Weights
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: outfit on platform scales:;
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 22.225 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 8 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 20.955 cm x 16.51 cm