Salter letter scale
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small spring scale, used to weigh letters, marked D and OZ. The mechanism and its housing are made of metal, possibly aluminum. The front piece on which the scale is printed is made of cream celluloid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Work
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1619
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1619
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (scale material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 2.5 cm x .7 cm; 4 5/16 in x in x 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 1 in x 3/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 2.54 cm x .9525 cm