Weighing and Distributing Scales
date: label: Date made
content: 1871
name: label: patented by
content: Fairbanks, Henry
label: maker
content: E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Henry Fairbanks, “Improvement in Automatic Weighing and Distributing Scales,” U.S. Patent 110,965 (January 17, 1871). This was designed to weigh and distribute equal quantities of liquids, grains, or other materials that would flow into cans or bags or other containers. Henry Fairbanks (1830-1918) was a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Andover Theological Seminary who worked for E. & T. Fairbanks, his family’s firm in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Saint Johnsbury
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.251192
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: catalog number
content: 251192
label: patent number
content: 110,965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automatic weighing and distributing scales
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: frame: 9 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 9.2075 cm x 26.035 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in x 10 1/8 in; 24.13 cm x 9.8425 cm x 25.7175 cm