Balance
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Hand balance with a 5.75-inch beam with index, 2.3-inch brass pans, several square weights, and rectangular wooden box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.223.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.223.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Name
content: balance
label: Other Terms
content: Balance; Manufacturing and Dispensing Equipment; Pocket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bar measurement: 4.5 cm x 15 cm x 1.5 cm; 1 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in x 9/16 in