Steelyard
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1750
name: label: maker
content: Fritz, Karl
notes: label: Description
content: Iron steelyard with a suspension hook, a double hook below, and one heavy weight. The beam is square, 16.75 inches long, and graduated from 18 to 72 in units. The donor suggested that it was made by his grandfather, Karl Fritz, in Bonn, Germany, around 1750. Moreiver, it "has served lots of uses in the family, weighing everything from freshly butchered cattle to new born babies."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kemp Fritz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.314853
label: catalog number
content: 314853
label: accession number
content: 211304
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steelyard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 11 in x 2 1/2 in; 57.15 cm x 27.94 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: weight: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 15.875 cm x 6.35 cm