Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1950
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: A metal tag reads “Style 1L5 No. 5882 CAP. 500G. THE TORSION BALANCE CO. NEW YORK MADE IN U.S.A. CLASS APPROV. TYPE SERIES.” A paper tag reads “FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO. EIMER AND AMEND.” The model 1L5 was designed for general laboratory use. The beam has double graduations, in grains and grams.
label: Description
content: Ref: Fisher Scientific Co., <i>Modern Laboratory Appliances</i> (1959), p. 58.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Clifton
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.337122
label: catalog number
content: 337122
label: accession number
content: 1979.0026
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 29.5 cm x 14.7 cm; 6 5/16 in x 11 5/8 in x 5 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: each pan: 7.7 cm; x 3 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 11 3/8 in x 6 in; 15.875 cm x 28.8925 cm x 15.24 cm