Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: early twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
label: maker
content: 1670 Tavern Antiques
label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: This has a glass and German silver case, and a tag on the bottom that reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / NEW YORK / STYLE 269 No. B1122361 / CAPACITY 120 G CLASS A MADE IN U.S.A.” The linear scale between the pans is graduated in grains and grams. The Springer Torsion Balance Co. described the Style 269 as a “Prescription Scale,” boasting that it was the “best and handsomest upright pan balance ever made.” The Torsion Balance Co. began in business, as such, in 1908.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Springer Torsion Balance Co. ad in <i>Price List of Fine Scales and Weights </i> (New York, 1900), p. 5.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN83758Y00
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 13/16 in x 13 in x 5 5/8 in; 17.30375 cm x 33.02 cm x 14.2875 cm