Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: early twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Torsion balance with 3-inch nickel-plated pans; a mahogany box with black glass slab, and hinged wood and glass cover; and metal tag that reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 277 / NO. B 7048J / CAPACITY 4 OZ. / CLASS B MADE IN U.S.A.” The Torsion Balance Co. began trading, as such, in 1908. This model was a Class B scale for pharmaceutical, chemical and kindred work.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Torsion Balance Co., <i>Balances and Scales</i> (New York, 1934), p. 15
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ferris State College, School of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.312142.160
label: catalog number
content: 312142.160
label: accession number
content: 312142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
label: Other Terms
content: Manufacturing And Dispensing Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.7 cm x 33.7 cm x 12.7 cm; 7 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 5 in