Steelyard
date: label: date made
content: 1840
name: label: patented by
content: Winslow, Seth E.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Seth E. Winslow, “Balance or Scale-Beam,” U.S. Patent 1,708 (July 31, 1840).
label: Description
content: The steelyard is brass with two hooks. The beam is flat, 10 inches long, and graduated from [2] to 28. The short end is inscribed “S. E. Winslow / Philada.” Winslow explained that his aim here "is the construction of the single axle with double fulcra, for scale beams or other scales, in the manner described."
label: Description
content: Ref: Winslow's claim in <i>The American Repertory of Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures</i> 2 (1841): 154.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.308903
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 308903
label: patent number
content: 1,708
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.6 cm x 38 cm x 39.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 14 15/16 in x 15 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm