Micrometer Scale
date: label: date made
content: early twentieth century
name: label: maker
content: Micrometer Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a robust one pan balance with an iron and marble base, and a tag on front that reads “The / Micrometer / Balance / Scale Co. / Troy, N.Y. / Patented Nov. 22 – 1892 / Mar. 22 – 1898 / Jul. 21 – 1903.” According to an early account, it had no springs or loose weights, but the weight end of the beam is transformed into a quick acting screw, and upon this screw the weight is moved with great accuracy.
label: Description
content: The Micrometer Balance Scale Co. of Troy, N.Y., introduced this form in 1897. The Dodge Mfg. Co., of Yonkers, was selling these devices by 1905.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Micrometer Balance Scales,” <i>The Iron Age</i> 60 (Dec. 23, 1897): 44.
label: Description
content: Charles H. Mattice, “Scale,” U.S. Patent 599,529 (Feb. 22, 1898), assigned to Micrometer Balance Scale Co.
label: Description
content: Charles H. Mattice, “Balance,” U.S. Patent 600,979 (March 22, 1898), assigned to Micrometer Balance Scale Co.
label: Description
content: Dennis J. Whelan, “Scale,” U.S. Patent 734,383 (July 21, 1903).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of City of New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0514.07
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.07
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: pan: 31.1 cm; x 12 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.3 cm x 54.5 cm x 31.1 cm; 13 1/2 in x 21 7/16 in x 12 1/4 in