Platform Scale
name: label: maker
content: Buffalo Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: Black iron platform scale designed for countertop use. The inscription on the side reads “BUFFALO SCALE CO.” The firm termed it a “Union Scale” that was “exceptionally popular for general purposes, as it can be used for both a platform and a scoop scale.” This example has a single beam, a platform measuring 10 inches x 13.75 inches, a brass scoop, and eight iron weights.
label: Description
content: The firm was established in 1860, in Buffalo, N.Y., by John Weeks.
label: Description
content: Ref: Buffalo Scales, <i>Miniature Catalog No. 526</i>, p. 15.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.337154
label: catalog number
content: 337154
label: accession number
content: 1979.0026
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Platform Scale
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: scale: 34.4 cm x 36 cm x 44 cm; 13 9/16 in x 14 3/16 in x 17 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40.5 cm x 68.5 cm x 66 cm; 15 15/16 in x 26 15/16 in x 26 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; scale: 12 1/4 in x 26 in x 11 1/8 in; 31.115 cm x 66.04 cm x 28.2575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; scoop: 5 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 46.99 cm x 28.2575 cm