Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Smithsonian acquired this example in 1919. The inscription on the base reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 269 NEW YORK NO. 102304 / PAT. JAN. 6. 85. JAN. 22. 89. MAY 19. 91.” That on the underside of the base reads “PAT 126.”
label: Description
content: The Springer Torsion Balance Co. advertised Style 269 as “The Favorite Prescription Scale,” noting that it had a “highly finished metal and glass case,” a capacity of 8 oz. and a sensitivity of 1/64 grains, and it cost $35. The Torsion Balance Co. later termed Style 269 “Our standard balance for pharmaceutical, chemical and kindred work,” noting that it then had a capacity of 4 oz. and a sensitivity of 1/32 grains.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Springer Torsion Balance Co. ad in <i>Druggists Circular and Chemical Gazette</i> (Dec. 1, 1890): 68.
label: Description
content: The Torsion Balance Co., <i>Chemical and Laboratory Balances</i> (New York, 1920), p. 4.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Torsion Balance Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.M-00521
label: catalog number
content: M-00521
label: accession number
content: 63757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 12 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 31.75 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 31.75 cm x 13.97 cm