Steelyard
notes: label: Description
content: Large steel steelyard mounted on an oak frame, with painted inscription reading “US Customs 375.” R. H. Markey & Sons, Inc., the donor, was a New York City firm that was formed in 1863, and that advertised as Certified Weighers licensed by the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of R. Markey & Sons, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0588.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0588.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0588
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
label: Object Name
content: steelyard
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in x 72 in x 36 in; 182.88 cm x 182.88 cm x 91.44 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 6 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm