Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1940
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: Torsion balance in a wood and glass case. A metal tag on the bottom reads: “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / NEW YORK / STYLE 266 NO. B570591 / CAPACITY 4 OZ. CLASS A MADE IN U.S.A.” The linear scale between the pans is graduated in grains and grams.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Torsion Balance Co., <i>Balances and Scales. Catalog No. 39</i> (New York, ca. 1941), p. 10.
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: Gift of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0605.27
label: accession number
content: 1985.0605
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0605.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
label: Object Name
content: torsion balance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 13 in x 6 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 33.02 cm x 15.875 cm