Balance
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Mohr’s balance is named for Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806-1879), a German chemist responsible for several key improvements to chemical methodology. The beam of this example is 17.5 inches long, and marked “10 Kg” on one side. The pans are 11 inches diameter. The height is 27 inches. The small scale is ivory. The indicator points down.
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.335524
label: accession number
content: 321714
label: catalog number
content: 335524
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mohr's Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each pan: 1 cm x 28.3 cm; 3/8 in x 11 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: weight:;
label: Measurements
content: top piece: 16.2 cm x 4.2 cm; 6 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68.6 cm x 72.5 cm; 27 in x 28 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: scale: 9.5 mm x 35 mm; 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in