Weighing Beam
date: label: Date made
content: 1876
name: label: patented by
content: Fairbanks, Thaddeus
label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Thaddeus Fairbanks, “Improvement in Weighing-Scale Beams,” U.S. Patent 175,597 (April 4, 1876). Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796-1886) was a founder and proprietor of E. & T. Fairbanks, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
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.309128.01
label: catalog number
content: 309128.01
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 175,597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 9 in x 2 in; 29.21 cm x 22.86 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 7/8 in x 12 in x 2 7/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 30.48 cm x 7.3025 cm