Steelyard
name: label: maker
content: Shumway, J. P.
notes: label: Description
content: Iron steelyard with one weight, and a “J. P. SHUMWAY ASHFORD CT” inscription at one end of the beam. John P. Shumway (1808-1878) was a steelyard manufacturer in Ashford, Connecticut. An American eagle adorns the inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1980.0348.1
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0348.1
label: accession number
content: 1980.0348
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 305 mm x 488 mm x 42 mm; 12 in x 19 3/16 in x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 14.605 cm x 3.175 cm