Computing Scale
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
name: label: maker
content: Strubler Computing Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: Raised letters on the back of this large counter balance read “STRUBLER / COMPUTING SCALE CO. / ELKHART / IND.” This short-lived firm was established in 1906 by Charles G. Strubler (1855-1935), a mid-west machinist.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles G. Strubler, “Scale-Beam,” U.S. Patent 662,367 (Nov. 20, 1900), assigned to Walter F. Stimpson.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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: 1983.0514.23
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.23
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 59.8 cm x 63.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 23 9/16 in x 25 in x 12 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 26 in x 11 in; 59.69 cm x 66.04 cm x 27.94 cm