Balance
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Troemner
notes: label: Description
content: Precision balance in a wood case with glass sides and drawer in base. The beam is aluminum, 9.8 inches long. The inscriptions read “Henry Troemner / Philadelphia” and “Henry Troemner / Maker / Philadelphia, PA / Cap. ½ oz No. Class ‘A’ / Made in U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Julian A. Rand, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0614.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0614
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0614.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40.8 cm x 20.3 cm x 38.1 cm; 16 1/16 in x 8 in x 15 in