Torsion Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: Torsion Balance Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Smithsonian acquired this example in 1919. The inscription on the base reads “TORSION BALANCE.” That on a tag reads “THE TORSION BALANCE CO. / STYLE 254 NEW YORK No. 99550 / PAT. JAN. 6. 85. JAN. 22. 89. MAY 19.91.”
label: Description
content: In 1890, the Springer Torsion Balance Co. boasted that the Style 254 was a very handsome and accurate Counter Scale that was nickel-plated throughout, that could be loaded with 20 pounds, that was sensitive to 2 grains, and that cost $30. In 1920, the Torsion Balance Co. noted that Style 254 was “Extensively used for heavy routine work in colleges and industrial plants.” At that time it had a capacity of 10 pounds, and was sensitive to 3 grains.
label: Description
content: Ref: The Springer Torsion Balance Co. ad in <i>Druggists Circular and Chemical Gazette</i> (Dec. 1, 1890): 68.
label: Description
content: The Torsion Balance Co., <i>Chemical and Laboratory Balances</i> (New York, 1920), p. 6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Torsion Balance Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.M-00522
label: catalog number
content: M-00522
label: accession number
content: 63757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 20 1/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 51.1175 cm x 23.1775 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 20 1/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 24.4475 cm x 51.1175 cm x 23.1775 cm