Platform Scale
date: label: Date made
content: 1877
name: label: patented by
content: Fairbanks, Franklin
label: patented by
content: Spencer, L. G.
label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Franklin Fairbanks and Luke Spencer, “Improvement in Platform-Scales,” U.S. Patent 195,112 (September 11, 1877). The form was designed for weighing each roll of cloth as it was taken from the loom. The inscription reads “E. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO. / ST. JOHNSBURY / VT.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Saint Johnsbury
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.308957
label: catalog number
content: 308957
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 195,112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.9 cm x 27.3 cm x 40.5 cm; 9 in x 10 3/4 in x 15 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 17 in; 25.0825 cm x 27.305 cm x 43.18 cm