56 Lb. Weight
notes: label: Description
content: Cast-iron bell-shaped weight marked “lbs / 56.” The avoirdupois system, introduced for the international wool trade in the late Middle Ages, used a pound divisible into 16 ounces as a basic unit of weight. The stone (14 pounds) was another basic unit of weight, and 56 pounds (4 stone) was yet another.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.327564
label: catalog number
content: 327564
label: accession number
content: 267874
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Weight
label: Object Type
content: Weights
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 8 in; 33.02 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 8 in; 33.02 cm x 20.32 cm