Balance
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1700
label: date made
content: eighteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Brass hand balance with a 6-inch beam, 3-inch pans, and fitted wooden case.
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: CH.319736
label: catalog number
content: 319736
label: accession number
content: 239019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each pan: 2 7/8 in; x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: beam: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 8 1/2 in x 1 in; 10.16 cm x 21.59 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 1 3/16 in x 8 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 3.01625 cm x 21.59 cm x 9.8425 cm