Balance
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with 6-inch steel beam, index, 2.5-inch brass pans, and six square weights. The wooden box covered with green leather has an image of an American eagle on top.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Squibb Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13905
label: catalog number
content: M-13905
label: accession number
content: 296468
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Hand
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (weights material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm