Moisture Content Scale
date: label: date made
content: mid-20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The brass semi-circular scale at one end of the brass beam is inscribed “MOORE’S / MOISTURE CONTENT SCALE / PATENTS PENDING / MOORE DRY KILN COMPANY / NORTH PORTLAND, ORE. VANCOUVER, B.C. / JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / SERIAL NO. 153.” A paper tag on the base reads “MOORE DRY KILN COMPANY / MOORE CROSS-CIRCULATION / FAN SYSTEM / JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA / NORTH PORTLAND, ORE.”
label: Description
content: Lafayette Moore (1845-1922) was a Civil War veteran from Indiana who began building kilns in the late 1870s. He established the Moore Dry Kiln Company in Jacksonville, Fl., in 1905. By 1922, the firm had offices in Jacksonville, Fl., and North Portland, Or. In 1969, it merged with the Irvington Machine Works to form the U.S. Natural Resources (USNR) Dry Kiln Division, in Jacksonville, Fl.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pratt-Read Corp.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0105.02
label: accession number
content: 1989.0105
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0105.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scale
label: Object Name
content: Moisture Content Scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, ferrous (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58.4 cm x 12.6 cm x 15.3 cm; 23 in x 4 15/16 in x 6 in