Steelyard
notes: label: Description
content: Bronze steelyard beam, 6.8-inches long, square in cross section, and graduated on three sides. It was found at Caesarea Maritima, a Roman city in Judea. William N. Dale, a diplomat who served in the American embassy in Israel, gave it to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William N. Dale
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.329705
label: catalog number
content: 329705
label: accession number
content: 283742
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steelyard rod
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: rod: 17.5 cm; 6 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 7/8 in x 7/16 in; 17.4625 cm x 2.2225 cm x 1.11125 cm