Steelyard
notes: label: Description
content: Brass steelyard with steel bearings. The beam is 13-inches long, square in cross section, and graduated from 1 to 10, in fifths. A black leather square serves as the pan. There are three cylindrical brass weights.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.319506
label: catalog number
content: 319506
label: accession number
content: 239015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: weight 2: 56 mm x 24 mm; 2 3/16 in x 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: weight 3: 32 mm x 12 mm; 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: closed: 5.7 cm x 39 cm; 2 1/4 in x 15 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: weight 1: 80 mm x 42 mm; 3 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: case flat: 38.8 cm x 22.2 cm; 15 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: open: 216 mm x 25 mm x 337 mm; 8 1/2 in x in x 13 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: steelyard: 15 1/2 in x 6 5/8 in x 1 in; 39.37 cm x 16.8275 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: pan: 1 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 38.735 cm x 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: ring: 1/8 in x 1 1/16 in; .3175 cm x 2.69875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: large weight: 3 in x 1 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: medium weight: 2 3/16 in x 15/16 in; 5.55625 cm x 2.38125 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: small weight: 1 1/4 in x 3/4 in x 7/16 in; 3.175 cm x 1.905 cm x 1.11125 cm