Spring Scale
notes: label: Description
content: Small spring scale that may have been used for weighing babies. The “J. A. & J. S. George / Patent Feb. 26, 1878” inscription refers to Joseph A. George and John S. George, “Improvement in Spring-Scales for Weighing,” U.S. Patent 200,708 (Feb. 26, 1878). The George brothers lived in Bridgeport, Conn.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07916
label: catalog number
content: M-07916
label: accession number
content: 223292
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baby scale
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 1 in; 11.1125 cm x 2.54 cm