Steelyard
notes: label: Description
content: Iron steelyard with one suspension hook, one double hook below, and one heavy pear-shaped weight. The beam is square, 16.75 inches long, and graduated in units from 18 to 72. The number “72” appears at the short end.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey
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.314748
label: accession number
content: 210834
label: catalog number
content: 314748
objectType: label: Object Name
content: steelyard
label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 1 in; 74.295 cm x 34.29 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell shaped weight: 5 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; steelyard: 29 in x 8 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; 73.66 cm x 21.59 cm x 5.3975 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; weight: 8 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 6.985 cm