Liquid Measures (4)
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
label: Date made
content: 1800-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Set of four liquid measures made of tin plated iron. Each is marked on a brass plate on the side, indicating volume. These inscriptions read “½ LITER / J. J.,” “2 DECILITER,” “1 DECILITER H.G.” and “½ DECILITER H.G.” Each also has various letters stamped around the limb.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.319507
label: catalog number
content: 319507
label: accession number
content: 239015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: liquid measures
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: 1/2 deciliter: 2 1/8 in x 2 in x 2 7/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 5.08 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: 1 deciliter: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: 2 deciliter: 3 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 7.3025 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: 1/2 liter: 4 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 9.525 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; smallest: 2 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 15/16 in; 5.715 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.92125 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; largest: 4 7/8 in x 5 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 14.12875 cm x 9.525 cm