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date: label: Date made
content: 1882
name: label: patented by
content: Wright, W. F.
label: parts manufacturer
content: E. & T. Fairbanks & Company
label: inventor
content: Wright, Walton W.
label: manufacturer
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (apparently incomplete) for Walton W. Wright, “Weighing-Scales,” U.S. Patent 256,423 (April 11, 1882). The word "FAIRBANKS" appears twice on the cast-iron base. Walton Wright lived in Cairo, Ill.
label: Description
content: Ref: E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., <i>Fairbanks’ Standard Weighing Machines</i> (St. Johnsbury, Vt., [1882]), pp. 122-123.
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.308970
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 308970
label: patent number
content: 256,423
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: arm with sliding weight: 6 1/4 in; x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: small scale: 2 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 11.0998 cm x 24.13 cm x 9.525 cm