Platform Scale
date: label: date made
content: around 1925
name: label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
label: maker
content: Buffalo Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: Double-beam, double-pillar, cast-iron platform scale. The upper beam reads from 1 oz. to 10 lbs.; the lower beam reads from 4 oz. to 25 lbs. The painted inscriptions on both sides of the base read “BUFFALO SCALE CO.” “BUFFALO” also appears in raised letters in the center of the base. The firm referred to this as a Niagara Counter Scale with self-aligning bearings, that was exceptionally sensitive and durable.
label: Description
content: Ref: Buffalo Scale Co., <i>Miniature Catalog No. 527</i>, p. 15.
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
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: 1983.0514.05
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.05
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: platform scale
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 cm x 49.5 cm x 54.5 cm; 24 in x 19 1/2 in x 21 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 19 in x 21 5/8 in; 60.325 cm x 48.26 cm x 54.9275 cm