Demonstration Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1866-1892
name: label: maker
content: Darling, Brown & Sharpe
notes: label: Description
content: Demonstration balance with a rectangular arm from which weights can hang. The “D. B. and S. Prov. R.I. No. 2.” inscription refers to Darling, Brown & Sharpe, a tool maker in Providence, Rhode Island, that was in business as such from 1866 to 1892.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315754
label: accession number
content: 217544
label: catalog number
content: 315754
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Demonstration
label: Object Type
content: Balances
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: balance arm: 36 in; 91.44 cm
label: Measurements
content: base: 10 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 26.67 cm x 12.065 cm